nursery
nursery Lexical Profile
nursery Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A room in a house specially equipped and used for the care, sleeping, or play of a baby or young children.
"Expectant parents often spend weeks painting and furnishing the nursery before their baby arrives."
British An educational institution or daycare facility that looks after and teaches preschool children while their parents are at work.
"She drops her three-year-old son off at the local nursery every morning on her way to the office."
A commercial establishment or horticultural facility where young plants, shrubs, and trees are propagated, grown for sale, or raised for transplanting.
"We bought several heirloom tomato seedlings and a young lemon tree from the garden nursery."
A natural habitat or environment where young animals, especially fish or marine life, are bred and sheltered, or a place that fosters the growth and development of a talent, skill, or institution.
"Coastal mangrove forests serve as a vital nursery for many species of commercial fish and crustaceans."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Middle English, from Old French nourricerie, from nourrice ('wet nurse'), ultimately from Late Latin nutricia, from Latin nutrix ('nurse'), from nutrire ('to nourish or suckle').