What (who) is nursery - definition
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Nurseries; Nursery (disambiguation); The nursery
nursery
n.
1) a day nursery
2) at, in a nursery
Nursery
·noun That which is nursed.
II. Nursery ·noun The place where nursing is carried on.
III. Nursery ·noun The act of Nursing.
IV. Nursery ·noun The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
V. Nursery ·noun That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
VI. Nursery ·noun The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.
VII. Nursery ·noun A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, ·etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
nursery
¦ noun (plural nurseries)
1. a room in a house for the special use of young children.
(also day nursery) a nursery school.
2. a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere.
3. a place or natural habitat which breeds or supports animals.
4. [as modifier] denoting a race for two-year-old horses.
Pronunciation examples for nursery
1. There's the Nursery.
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2. at their nursery school.
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3. and ran a nursery.
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4. and nursery schoolers.
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5. that to nursery information.
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Examples of use of nursery
1. "But we‘re looking into the possibility of setting up a nursery here, just like any other nursery.
2. Moreover, state nursery schools record 31% of their pupils being Catholic, whereas Catholic nursery schools are '7% Catholic.
3. Eleanor Roginson, editor of The Nursery and Childcare Market News, which publishes the survey of 5,000 private, state and voluntary sector providers today, said: Our survey suggests the fall in occupancy levels in the nursery sector could be due to an influx of government–funded nursery places, which combined with new private–sector projects may have led to an oversupply in nursery places.
4. The nursery business is the largest segment of Florida‘s agriculture industry, and Miami–Dade‘s $400 million in operations make it the top nursery county.
5. Mr Bell said the nursery was currently undergoing a deep clean using strong anti–bacterial products which would not normally be allowed in a nursery.