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Definition of Nursery
1. Noun. A child's room for a baby.
Generic synonyms: Child's Room
Specialized synonyms: Day Care Center, Day Nursery
Derivative terms: Nurse
2. Noun. A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions.
Generic synonyms: Building, Edifice
Specialized synonyms: Conservatory, Hothouse, Indoor Garden, Orangery
Definition of Nursery
1. n. The act of nursing.
Definition of Nursery
1. a room for young children [n -ERIES]
Medical Definition of Nursery
1. Origin: Cf. F. Nourricerie. 1. The act of nursing. "Her kind nursery." 2. The place where nursing is carried on; as: The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children. A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc, are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees. The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted. "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." "Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven." (J. M. Mason) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen. 3. That which is nursed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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