(nursery)
81nursery education — Spain has an exceptionally extensive system of nursery schools. Over 90 percent of children receive at least a year of nursery schooling before they proceed to primary education or EGB, as it was called before 1991. Although the bulk of… …
82nursery school — noun a small preschool for small children • Hypernyms: ↑preschool * * * noun, pl ⋯ schools [count, noncount] : a school for very young children : ↑preschool * * * ˈnursery school [nursery school] …
83Nursery (horticulture) — A nursery is a place where plants are propagated and grown to usable size. There are retail nurseries which sell to the general public, wholesale nurseries which sell only to other nurseries and to commercial landscape gardeners, and private… …
84nursery nurse — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms nursery nurse : singular nursery nurse plural nursery nurses British someone with special training whose job is to look after small children …
85nursery rhyme — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms nursery rhyme : singular nursery rhyme plural nursery rhymes a short poem or song for young children …
86nursery school — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms nursery school : singular nursery school plural nursery schools a school for children between the ages of three and five …
87nursery slope — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms nursery slope : singular nursery slope plural nursery slopes British a gentle slope used by people who are learning to ski …
88Nursery of Terrorism — Nickname for Azamgarh, a district in Uttar Pradesh, India, which is the birthplace of a significant number of people arrested for suspected involvement in terrorism. Reporting for the BBC ahead of India’s elections, Geeta Pandey detailed the… …
89nursery-web spider — ▪ arachnid any member of a family of spiders (order Araneida) noted for the female spider s habit of making a protective nursery web for the young and standing guard over that web. Most species are medium to large in size, and many are… …
90nursery cannon — /ˈnɜsri kænən/ (say nersree kanuhn) noun 1. (in billiards, etc.) a series of cannons with the three balls adjacent to a cushion, especially, near the corner pocket. 2. a cannon in such a series. Also, nursery …
