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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nurs•er•y /ˈnɜrsəri/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -er•ies. - a room or place set apart for infants or very young children.
- Educationa nursery school or day nursery.
- a place where young trees or other plants are raised.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nurs•er•y (nûr′sə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -er•ies. - a room or place set apart for young children.
- Educationa nursery school or day nursery.
- a place where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or for experimental study.
- any place in which something is bred, nourished, or fostered:The art institute has been the nursery of much great painting.
- any situation, condition, circumstance, practice, etc., serving to breed or foster something:Slums are nurseries for young criminals.
- Middle English norcery. See nurse, -ery 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nursery /ˈnɜːsrɪ/ n ( pl -ries)- a room in a house set apart for use by children
- a place where plants, young trees, etc, are grown commercially
- an establishment providing residential or day care for babies and very young children; crèche
- anywhere serving to foster or nourish new ideas, etc
- Also called: nursery cannon a series of cannons with the three balls adjacent to a cushion, esp near a corner pocket
- a cannon in such a series
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