nursery

noun

ˈnər-s(ə-)rē How to pronounce nursery (audio)
Definition of nurserynext
1
as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something ancient Greece is often cited as the nursery of democracy

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2
as in preschool
a school for children who are generally less than five years old are asking parents not to bring their children to the nursery if they have the flu virus

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Recent Examples of nursery At least 14 babies at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences died in a nursery fire Wednesday, while one infant was rescued, according to hospital officials. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 So, a room originally intended to be an office became a nursery—but the layout and bright tangerine color palette remained the same. — Valentina Lonati, Architectural Digest, 22 Aug. 2026 In her younger years, Caterham was a nanny and ran a nursery. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 Dieter emphasizes that gardeners should save seeds from plants that thrive in their gardens but which are difficult to find in nurseries or in seed catalogs. — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nursery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursery
  1. center
  2. preschool
  3. nest
  4. seminary
  5. hothouse
Noun
  • Rosignoli also recommended the Museo Civico Naturalistico-Archeologico in Vicenza, which has finds from Lake Fimon and Teatro Berga, an actual Roman theater that once stood in the city center.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The Fever played without center Aliyah Boston, who was sidelined by a right leg injury.
    — Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • For Anzel, the lack of communication compounded the distress of losing her daughter’s preschool.
    — Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Four children lived in the house, which is just steps from a church and a preschool.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of preschool
Noun
  • Bald eagles are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, so killing, selling or otherwise harming eagles, their nests or eggs is strictly prohibited.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The organization highlighted careful monitoring, carried out with the farmers whose land the birds nested on, which allowed the nests to be fenced off from ground predators like foxes.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • He is also believed to have furthered his religious studies in seminaries around Quetta and Kuchlak in Balochistan.
    — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • This week brought me from Belgian Gothic seminaries to Victorian mansions, with a few aggressively average $4,700 apartments sprinkled among them to keep us grounded.
    — Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of seminary
Noun
  • Not all retreats are monastic, and seclusion can easily nourish a hothouse of gossip.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The episode is like a hothouse of feeling with every line delivery, moment of eye contact, and glancing touch landing humid and heavy.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026
Definition of hothouse

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