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   nursery

   /ˈnəːs(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a room in a house for the special use of young children: "a toy-strewn nursery"
   • ▪ a place where young children are cared for during the working day; a nursery school.
   • ▪ an institution or environment in which certain types of people or qualities are fostered or bred: "that nursery of traitors"
   • ▪ a place or natural habitat which breeds or supports animals: "this estuary provides a vast nursery for fish"
   • ▪ denoting a race for two-year-old horses: "a six-furlong nursery handicap"
   • 2. a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere: "the plants are available from specialist nurseries"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French nourice ‘nurse’ (see nurse1) + -ery.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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2. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishNURSERY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A nursery is a place where children who are not old enough to go to school are looked after. Her company ran its own nursery. American English : nursery / ˈnɜrsəri /

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     She puts her baby in this nursery and then goes back to...

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     Online English Thesaurus from Collins: More than 500,000...

   • Nursery Cannon

     7 meanings: → see nursery (sense 6) 1. a. a room in a house...

   • Tree Nursery

     TREE NURSERY definition | Meaning, pronunciation,...

   • Day Nursery

     British and New Zealand social welfare an establishment...

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     NURSERY CARE definition | Meaning, pronunciation,...

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryNURSERY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Nursery can mean a place for child care, a room for children, or a place for plants. Learn how to use nursery in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.

4. www.britannica.com › topic › nurseryNursery | Definition, Uses, & Facts | Britannica

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   Nursery, place where plants are grown for transplanting, for use as stock for budding and grafting, or for sale. Nurseries produce and distribute woody and herbaceous plants, including many ornamentals and edible plants for home gardens. Learn more about plant nurseries.

5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › nursery_1nursery noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Learn the meaning of nursery as a place for young children, plants or trees. See how to pronounce nursery and use it in sentences with synonyms and grammar notes.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › nurseryNursery - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   The word nurse is a clue to the meaning of nursery: nurses take care of people, and a nursery is a place of caretaking. One kind of nursery is for babies: it's a child's room with a crib and lots of baby toys.

7. www.dictionary.com › browse › nurseryNURSERY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word nursery, which can refer to a room for children, a place for plants, or a situation that fosters something. See examples of nursery in sentences and related words.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryNURSERY | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   Nursery can mean a place where babies and young children are looked after, or a place where plants are grown and sold. Find out how to say nursery in different languages with the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary.