What does Nursery mean?
Definitions for Nursery
ˈnɜr sə rinurs·e·ry
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Nursery.
Princeton's WordNet
nursery, baby's roomnoun
a child's room for a baby
greenhouse, nursery, glasshousenoun
a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
GCIDE
Nurserynoun
The place where nursing is carried on; as: (a) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children. (b) A place where young of any species, plant or animal, are nourished preparatory to transfer elsewhere; especially a place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees. (c) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
Wiktionary
nurserynoun
The act of nursing.
nurserynoun
A place where nursing is carried on; as:
nurserynoun
That which forms and educates.
Commerce is the nursery of seamen.
nurserynoun
That which is nursed.
Etymology: nurse + -ery
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Nurserynoun
Etymology: from nurse.
I lov’d her most, and thought to set my rest
On her kind nursery. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.She went forth among her fruits and flow’rs,
To visit how they prosper’d, bud and bloom
Her nursery: they at her coming sprung,
And touch’d by her fair tendance gladlier grew. John Milton.Your nursery of stocks ought to be in a more barren ground than the ground is whereunto you remove them. Francis Bacon.
My paper is a kind of nursery for authors, and some who have made a good figure here, will hereafter flourish under their own names. Joseph Addison, Guard.
I’ th’ swathing cloaths, the other from their nursery
Were stol’n. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.You see before you the spectacle of a Plantagenet, who hath been carried from the nursery to the sanctuary, from the sanctuary to the direful prison, from the prison to the hand of the cruel tormentor, and from that hand to the wide wilderness; for so the world hath been to me. Francis Bacon.
Forthwith the devil did appear,
Not in the shape in which he plies
At miss’s elbow when she lies;
Or stands before the nurs’ry doors,
To take the naughty boy that roars. Matthew Prior.They have public nurseries, where all parents are obliged to send their infants to be educated. Gull. Trav.
This keeping of cows is of itself a very idle life, and a fit nursery for a thief. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
To see fair Padua, nursery of arts,
I am arriv’d from fruitful Lombardy. William Shakespeare.A luxurious court is the nursery of diseases; it breeds them, it encourages, nourishes, and entertains them. Roger L'Estrange.
A nursery erects its head,
Where queens are form’d and future heroes bred;
Where unfledg’d actors learn to laugh and cry. Dryden.
ChatGPT
nursery
A nursery is a place where young children or babies are cared for during the day, often while their parents are at work. It can also refer to a room in the home designed for the care of a young child. In horticulture, a nursery refers to a place where plants and trees are grown, usually for sale or transplantation.
Webster Dictionary
Nurserynoun
the act of nursing
Nurserynoun
the place where nursing is carried on
Nurserynoun
the place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children
Nurserynoun
a place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees
Nurserynoun
the place where anything is fostered and growth promoted
Nurserynoun
that which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen
Nurserynoun
that which is nursed
Etymology: [Cf. F. nourricerie.]
Editors Contribution
Nursery
A place where plants, seeds and cultivar are created and managed.
The nursery was beautiful to visit and see the colors and beauty of nature in bloom.
Submitted by MaryC on February 25, 2020
nursery
A room within a house, property or form of housing for a baby or child.
The baby's nursery is beautiful.
Submitted by MaryC on February 25, 2020
nursery
A type of business and service created and designed to provide a variety of cultivar, plants, shrubs, seeds, vine, hedges and trees with management and employees with the accurate and specific ability, experience, knowledge, skills, training and qualifications to provide the service.
The local nursery grows a variety of cultivar, plants, seeds, trees etc. which contributes to the growth of our food.
Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020
nursery
A type of nationalized public preschool education service created and designed to provide a variety of services for children with the accurate and specific ability, experience, management, employees, knowledge, skills, training and qualifications to provide the service responsibly.
The nursery employees are so kind and supportive, they really enjoy playing and spending time with the children.
Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Nursery' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2553
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Nursery' in Nouns Frequency: #1774
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Nursery in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Nursery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Nursery in a Sentence
I have had to bump back scans and appointments because they were scheduled at a big hospital in the city and I didn't feel comfortable going there right now, i don't know when I will be able to shop for anything baby-related, let alone get a nursery ready. I was really worried about the pharmacy running out of prenatal vitamins. Things like that make it very difficult.
A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside, it is more often his nursery.
Coral reefs are home to a quarter of all marine species and support fisheries by providing foraging habitats for adult fish and nursery habitats for juveniles, so they're really important biologically and economically.
I have three young kids, my 4-year-old came home from nursery school and asked,' Why are my friends telling me that our family's work is killing people ?'.
Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop-talk of the scientist, and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past.
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Translations for Nursery
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- Kinderzimmer, Gärtnerei, Baumschule, Kinderstube, KindergartenGerman
- φυτώριοGreek
- infanĉambroEsperanto
- vivero, semillero, criaderoSpanish
- pépinière, crèche, pouponnièreFrench
- seòmar-àraich, ionad-àraichScottish Gaelic
- ymmyr viljynManx
- नर्सरीHindi
- arboreyoIdo
- 苗圃, 保育園Japanese
- 묘포Korean
- kleuterschool, peuterspeelzaal, verzorgenDutch
- berçário, crechePortuguese
- creșăRomanian
- я́сли, де́тская, пито́мник, расса́дник, де́тская ко́мната, де́тский садRussian
- obdaništeSerbo-Croatian
- dabridöp, planidabridöp, pulacemVolapük
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