(nursery)
11nursery */*/ — UK [ˈnɜː(r)s(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈnɜrs(ə)rɪ] noun [countable] Word forms nursery : singular nursery plural nurseries 1) a) a nursery school She goes to nursery every day now. b) [only before noun] relating to a nursery school a nursery teacher nursery… …
12nursery — n. (pl. ies) 1 a a room or place equipped for young children. b = day nursery. 2 a place where plants, trees, etc., are reared for sale or transplantation. 3 any sphere or place in or by which qualities or types of people are fostered or bred. 4… …
13nursery — nurs|er|y [ nɜrs(ə)ri ] noun count * 1. ) an area in a hospital where new babies are taken care of until they go home a ) a NURSERY SCHOOL: She goes to nursery every day now. b ) OLD FASHIONED a child s bedroom or a room in a home where children… …
14nursery — /nerr seuh ree/, n., pl. nurseries. 1. a room or place set apart for young children. 2. a nursery school or day nursery. 3. a place where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or for experimental study. 4. any place… …
15nursery — n. 1) a day nursery 2) at, in a nursery * * * [ nɜːs(ə)rɪ] in a nursery a day nursery at …
16nursery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nursery school, crèche (see school); the cradle, infancy, babyhood; conservatory, green or hothouse; hatchery, incubator; spawning ground. See agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A place for children] …
17nursery — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Nursery is used before these nouns: ↑facility, ↑nurse, ↑place, ↑playgroup, ↑rhyme, ↑school, ↑slope, ↑teacher Nursery is used after these nouns: ↑tree {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj …
18nursery — noun /ˈnɝs(ə)ri/ a) A place where nursing is carried on; as: “Her kind nursery.” Shakespeare b) A place, or apartment, in a house, used for the care of children. See Also: nurse, nursery rhyme …
19nursery — nur|se|ry [ˈnə:səri US ˈnə:r ] n plural nurseries 1.) a place where young children are taken care of during the day while their parents are at work 2.) a place where plants and trees are grown and sold 3.) nursery education/unit/teacher etc BrE… …
20nursery — noun (plural nurseries) 1》 a room in a house for the special use of young children. ↘(also day nursery) a nursery school. 2》 a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere. 3》 a place or natural habitat… …
