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nursery [ˈnɜːsrɪ] n pl -ries 1. a. a room in a house set apart for use by children b. (as modifier) nursery wallpaper 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) a place where plants, young trees, etc., are grown commercially 3. (Social Science / Education) an establishment providing residential or day care for babies and very young children; crèche 4. (Social Science / Education) short for nursery school 5. anywhere serving to foster or nourish new ideas, etc. 6. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) Also called nursery cannon Billiards a. a series of cannons with the three balls adjacent to a cushion, esp near a corner pocket b. a cannon in such a series Nursery place where people are fostered or developed; a collection of plants. Examples: nursery of evil, 1606; of kernels and stones, 1664; of racoons; of soldiers, 1839; of ungodliness, 1583; of vices, 1604; of blooming youth, 1820.
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nursery noun crèche, kindergarten, playgroup The company has its own workplace nursery Translations nursery [ˈnɜːsrɪ] A. N 1. (where small children are looked after) → guardería f, jardín m de infancia; (= school) → parvulario m, escuela f de párvulos, escuela f infantil(Sp), kínder m (LAm); (= room at home) → cuarto m del bebé, habitación f del bebé 2. (Agr, Hort) → vivero m 3. (Zool) → criadero m B. CPD nursery education N → educación f preescolar nursery nurse N → puericultor(a) m/f nursery rhyme N → canción f infantil nursery school N → parvulario m, escuela f de párvulos, escuela f infantil(Sp), kínder m (LAm) nursery schooling N = nursery education nursery school teacher N = nursery teacher nursery slopes NPL (Brit) (Ski) → pistas fpl para principiantes nursery teacher N → maestro/a m/f de parvulario, maestro/a m/f de preescolar nursery [ˈnɜːrsəri] n (= room) → nursery f (also day nursery) → crèche f (British) (= school) → école f maternelle (for plants) → pépinière f nursery education n → enseignement m en école maternelle nursery nurse n → puériculteur/trice m/f $ nursery rhyme n → comptine f nursery school n (state-run) → école f maternelle; (private) → jardin m d'enfants nursery slope n (British) → piste f pour débutants nursery n nursery: nurseryman n → Gärtner m nursery nurse nursery rhyme n → Kinderreim m nursery school n → Kindergarten m nursery school teacher n → Kindergärtner(in) m(f) nursery slope n (Ski) → Idiotenhügel m (hum), → Anfängerhügel m nursery [ˈnɜːsərɪ] n a. (room) → stanza dei bambini; (institution) → asilo, nido b. (Agr) → vivaio nursery [ˈnɜːsərɪ] n a. (room) → stanza dei bambini; (institution) → asilo, nido b. (Agr) → vivaio How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| While many relied upon relatives or friends, others turned to day nurseries, institutions created by reform-minded women to address changing family needs in the industrial cities of the United States. Meanwhile, my mother was actually making it happen with her tireless agitation for day nurseries, summer camps, free dentists, art classes, concerts . In striking contrast to these class tensions among white women, in the African American community, where maternal employment was recognized as a permanent part of black family life, clubwomen's compassion for poor black mothers made the establishment of day nurseries an obvious practical solution. |
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