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- [nur-suh-ree]
- /ˈnɜr sə ri/
- /ˈnɜː.sər.i/
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- [nur-suh-ree]
- /ˈnɜr sə ri/
Definitions of nursery word
- noun plural nursery a room or place set apart for young children. 1
- noun plural nursery a nursery school or day nursery. 1
- noun plural nursery a place where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or for experimental study. 1
- noun plural nursery any place in which something is bred, nourished, or fostered: The art institute has been the nursery of much great painting. 1
- noun plural nursery any situation, condition, circumstance, practice, etc., serving to breed or foster something: Slums are nurseries for young criminals. 1
- noun nursery A room in a house for the special use of young children. 1
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Origin of nursery
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
First recorded in 1350-1400, nursery is from the Middle English word norcery. See nurse, -ery
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Parts of speech for Nursery
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nursery popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
nursery usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for nursery
noun nursery
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- day nursery — A day nursery is a place where children who are too young to go to school can be left all day while their parents are at work.
- playgroup — a group of small children, especially preschoolers, organized for play or play activities and supervised by adult volunteers.
- kindergarten — a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.
- garden center — a store that sells gardening supplies, as seeds, plants, fertilizer, and tools.
adjective nursery
- gardening — a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- horticultural — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- toddler — a person who toddles, especially a young child learning to walk.
Top questions with nursery
- where the wild things are nursery?
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