Nursery
'nɜːsərɪ
Definitions
2 meaningsA room or other place specifically equipped for the care of infants or young children.
'nɜːsərɪ
A room or place for babies and young children.
The walls of the nursery were painted a soothing blue.
💡 Simply: Imagine a cozy room just for little kids! That's a nursery, a place where babies and toddlers can play, sleep, and be taken care of, like a mini-home for them.
👶 For kids: A nursery is a special room or place where babies and little kids are cared for.
More Examples
She rocked the baby to sleep in the nursery.
Many parents decorate a nursery before the baby is born.
How It's Used
"The baby's nursery was decorated with pastel colors and animal motifs."
"She works as a teacher in a nursery."
A place where plants are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere.
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A place where plants are grown.
They visited the nursery to buy some new shrubs.
💡 Simply: Picture a garden's 'baby' zone! A nursery is like a special place where plants are grown, like tiny trees, flowers, and vegetables, until they're big and strong enough to go to other places, like your garden.
👶 For kids: A nursery is a place where plants are grown so they can be planted somewhere else.
More Examples
The trees were sourced from a local nursery.
The nursery provided instructions for planting the seedlings.
How It's Used
"The garden center has a wide selection of plants from the nursery."
"The farmer bought seedlings from the nursery to plant in the field."
From Middle English nurserie, from Old French nurserie, from nursier (to nurse), from Latin nutrire (to nourish).
Historically, the term referred to rooms where infants were nursed or cared for by a nursemaid.