Nursery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A room or area in a household set apart for the use of children.
  • n. A place for the temporary care of children in the absence of their parents.
  • n. A nursery school.
  • n. A place where plants are grown for sale, transplanting, or experimentation.
  • n. A place in which something is produced, fostered, or developed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of nursing.
  • n. A place where nursing is carried on; as:
  • n. That which forms and educates.
  • n. That which is nursed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of nursing.
  • n. The place where nursing is carried on.
  • n. The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.
  • n. A place where young of any species, plant or animal, are nourished preparatory to transfer elsewhere
  • n. The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
  • n. That which forms and educates.
  • n. That which is nursed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • The act of nursing; tender care and attendance.
  • That which is the object of a nurse's care.
  • A place or apartment set apart for children.
  • A place where trees are raised from seed or otherwise in order to be transplanted; a place where vegetables, flowering plants, and trees are raised (as by budding or grafting) with a view to sale.
  • The place where anything is fostered and its growth promoted.
  • In fish-culture, a shallow box or trough of suitable size used for feeding and nursing young fish through the first six or eight months after the yolk-sac is absorbed.
  • Occupation, condition, or circumstances in which some quality may be fostered or promoted.
  • n. In English billiards, the section, about 2 feet by 6, farthest from balk: it may extend along the cushion almost to the middle pocket: formerly a condition rather than a locality.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a child's room for a baby
  • n. a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
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