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nursery

noun

nurs·​ery ˈnər-s(ə-)rē How to pronounce nursery (audio)
plural nurseries
1
obsolete : attentive care : fosterage
2
a
: a child's bedroom
b
: a place where children are temporarily cared for in their parents' absence
3
a
: something that fosters, develops, or promotes
b
: a place in which persons are trained or educated
4
: an area where plants are grown for transplanting, for use as stocks for budding and grafting, or for sale
5
: a place where young animals grow or are cared for

Example Sentences

She still needs to decorate the nursery before the baby comes. We get our flowers from a local nursery.
Recent Examples on the Web The Grover-blue carpet in what would ultimately be both kids’ nursery? Laura Johnston, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 Remember that your container plant has been sitting in a nursery, sometimes receiving four or five waterings a day. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2022 The farm’s owners are also dedicated to reforestation, growing native seedlings in the nursery to replant outside the coffee fields. Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2022 And in that time, the heater in the nursery caught fire. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2022 Prince George will be starting year five, Charlotte going into year three and Louis will be in the nursery. Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2022 They’ve been bred in a University of Miami lab, carefully tended to in a nursery and then planted on the nearshore reef. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2022 Preparation for the sorts of battles that would ultimately take Fred’s life, then, began in the nursery. Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 Many stores sell houseplants in plastic nursery pots, which aren’t ideal long-term environments for growth. Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of nursery was in the 14th century

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