nursery Synonyms
Another word for nursery
• noun (Context 1)
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 playroom before their baby arrives."
• noun (Context 2)
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 school every morning on her way to the office."
• noun (Context 3)
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 garden center."
• noun (Context 4)
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 breeding ground for many species of commercial fish and crustaceans."