nursery

nurs·er·y  (nûrs-r, nûrsr)

n. pl. nurs·er·ies

1. A room or area in a household set apart for the use of children.

2.

a. A place for the temporary care of children in the absence of their parents.

b. A nursery school.

3. A place where plants are grown for sale, transplanting, or experimentation.

4. A place in which something is produced, fostered, or developed.

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[Middle English noricerie, probably from Old French norricerie, from norrice, nursemaid; see nurse.]

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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

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nursery - a child's room for a baby             baby's room child's room - a bedroom for a child day care center, day nursery - a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work
	2.	nursery - a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions glasshouse, greenhouse building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" hothouse, indoor garden, conservatory - a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner orangery - a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas

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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

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nursery [ˈnɜː^rs^əri] 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

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nursery

n

(= room) → Kinderzimmer nt; (in hospital) → Säuglingssaal m

(= institution) → Kindergarten m; (all-day) → Kindertagesstätte f, → Hort m

(Agr, Hort) (for plants) → Gärtnerei f; (for trees) → Baumschule f; (fig) → Zuchtstätte f

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nursery:

nurseryman

n → Gärtner m

nursery nurse

n → Kindermädchen nt, → Kinderfrau f; (in day nursery) → Kindergärtnerin f, → Kinderpflegerin f

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

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nursery [ˈnɜːsərɪ] n

a. (room) → stanza dei bambini; (institution) → asilo, nido

b. (Agr) → vivaio

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nursery [ˈnɜːsərɪ] n

a. (room) → stanza dei bambini; (institution) → asilo, nido

b. (Agr) → vivaio

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