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noun ( plural: nurseries)
- (obsolete) The act of nursing
- "Her kind nursery." "Shakespeare
- A place where nursing is carried on; as:
- A place, or apartment, in a house, used for the care of children.
- A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
- The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
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- "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." "Shakespeare
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- Christian families are the nurseries of the
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- church on earth, as she is the nursery of the
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- church in heaven. "J. M. Mason
- That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
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- (rare) That which is nursed.
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