English

Etymology
nurse + -ery

Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: nurs·er·y

Noun
nursery (plural: nurseries)

1. obsolete The act of nursing

#: �Her kind nursery.� �Shakespeare

1. 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.
##: "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." �Shakespeare
##:&nbsp;
##: Christian families are the nurseries of the
##: church on earth, as she is the nursery of the
##: church in heaven. �J. M. Mason
## That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
##:

1. rare That which is nursed.

Related terms
nurse

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Related terms)
Serbian: obdanište n

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• 2007-10-02 21:46 - Interwicket - iwiki +fr, ku, te

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