Meaning of nursery in English:
nursery
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nounplural noun nurseries
1A room in a house for the special use of young children.
‘a toy-strewn nursery’- ‘toys and nursery furniture’
- ‘It had a living room, a dining room, a nursery, three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a huge kitchen fitted out like the galley of an old Cunarder.’
- ‘There are two bedrooms on the ground floor and two upstairs but there is also an unusual room which could be changed into a nursery if an extra room was needed.’
- ‘Stained glass panels carrying colourful images of cartoon characters are placed in nurseries and rooms assigned to children.’
- ‘Converting a spare room into a nursery can easily take £1,000 from the budget.’
- ‘She checks the upstairs sitting room, then the nursery, then rushes downstairs to find Gabe in his office.’
- ‘Melinda explained that it had originally been the old schoolmaster's room adjoining the nursery.’
- ‘They went and tucked in the twins, said goodnight to Jane as she went off to her room next to the nursery and went back down to the kitchen.’
- ‘The accommodation includes an entrance hall, living room, a kitchen, utility, four bedrooms, a nursery, three bathrooms, and a chapel.’
- ‘The stairs lead to another living room, master bedroom and bathroom, game room, nursery, and three bedrooms.’
- ‘The hallway leads to a nursery, downstairs toilet and kitchen and utility area to the rear of the house.’
- ‘I knew soon enough Lizzie would demand her own room outside of the nursery and I had convinced Adam to redo one of the rooms on the third floor.’
- ‘I stood in the nursery in Violet's house and looked around.’
- ‘He suddenly recalled the sight of Kass in the nursery of his house, staring up at him, with the crib mobile's lullaby playing in the background.’
- ‘As he turns, he spies a dark figure entering the terrace from one of the other rooms, possibly the nursery, carrying a small bundle.’
- ‘She shook her head, closing the door and jogging through the house to the nursery to see to her daughter, unable to wipe the smile from her face.’
- ‘He spent the next fifteen minutes searching through a dozen different rooms before trying the nursery.’
- ‘The only way the couple can stop this is by claiming that Marie is pregnant and that they will need their spare room as a nursery.’
- ‘I suppose at some point we need to start thinking about decorating the nursery.’
- ‘They're decorating the nursery, trading in the car for a minivan.’
- ‘They had already bought clothes and decorated a nursery for the child they expected to adopt.’
- 1.1A place where young children are cared for during the working day; a nursery school.‘As a result of inadequate funding, more than 80 percent of the teachers and attendants in nurseries and kindergartens have received no training for the positions they fill.’
- ‘Changes in higher education are only part of changes throughout an educational system and cannot be seen separately from strategies for nurseries, primary schools or vocational training.’
- ‘There is a range of private and public nurseries, kindergartens, and play schools.’
- ‘Finally, governments could respond to the rising demand for education at all levels by investing heavily in public education, in nurseries and primary and secondary schools, as well as in universities.’
- ‘Until he stared school at Easter, my 5 year old son attended a local day nursery.’
- ‘Now, only private or state run day care nurseries are available to parents of pre-school children in Skipton.’
- ‘The result is a new day care nursery for pre-school children in Appleby.’
- ‘A new neighbourhood nursery and parent and child centre will help mums and dads back to work.’
- ‘Builders are on target to finish a new neighbourhood nursery and children's centre by the end of next month.’
- ‘A Chippenham neighbourhood nursery has thanked its supporters following a very successful first six months.’
- ‘A children's nursery which has become a target for vandals needs help to protect itself.’
- ‘Families with enough money to pay for places in private nurseries have done well under New Labour.’
- ‘Mariella eventually wants to run her own nursery and says that Just Learning is teaching her well.’
- ‘The centre is Bury's only council-run nursery and cares for up to 80 children a day.’
- ‘The strikes have so far hit over 400 council-run nurseries.’
- ‘The couple are taking Italian lessons and their son attends the village nursery.’
- ‘Some are cared for at a private nursery from the age of three months.’
- ‘The group also runs two independent schools and three private nurseries in Wakefield and Barnsley.’
- ‘Surely the Dental Authority could visit nurseries and schools to educate youngsters in dental health.’
- 1.2An institution or environment in which certain types of people or qualities are fostered or bred.
- ‘that nursery of traitors’
birthplace, fount, fountainhead, source, spring, fountain, origin, place of origin, breeding place, nursery, root, roots, seat, seed, germ - 1.3A place or natural habitat which breeds or supports animals.‘this estuary provides a vast nursery for fish’
- ‘In and around the estuaries, freshwater mingled with salt to create habitats supporting mangroves and nurseries for wading birds and fish.’
- ‘A large lagoon, protected from the open sea by the surrounding islands, serves as a natural nursery for the population.’
- ‘These marshes provide nursery habitat for fish and shellfish.’
- ‘Like other deepwater coral communities, the sites appear to provide important nursery habitat for fish.’
- ‘This entanglement of roots provides a safe nursery for hatchling sea fishes.’
- ‘Commonly, these also had a snake nursery where snakes were bred for use for the healing ceremonies.’
- ‘The loss of living coral reefs, which act as nurseries for countless fish and marine species, will adversely impact fisheries and biodiversity, Miller says.’
- ‘The finding that mangroves serve as crucial nurseries for coral reef fish highlights another reason to conserve these rapidly disappearing habitats.’
- ‘As breeding areas, nurseries, and feeding grounds for marine life, mangrove forests are also among the planet's most productive and biodiverse wetlands.’
- ‘Scallops, oysters, and the eelgrass beds that provided nurseries for crabs and fish have disappeared.’
- ‘In Asia, shrimp ponds destroyed vast swaths of mangrove forests, the key nursery habitat for many undersea creatures in tropical waters.’
- ‘Lubchenco advocates for a network of fully protected marine reserves, linked by corridors, to protect breeding and nursery grounds.’
- ‘Many streams serve as spawning, nursery, and juvenile habitat for arctic grayling.’
- ‘After hatching, the juveniles prefer shallow inshore waters as their nursery until they are big enough to brave the open ocean.’
- ‘For three years, the newborn sharks live in this natural nursery, feeding on crab, lobster and fish, before setting out into the world.’
- ‘At present the baby alligator is housed in a small nursery pond, which has been covered with thick vegetation such as small plants and grass.’
- ‘She said the continued revegetation efforts of community groups had prompted Active Community Environmentalist members to launch the nursery.’
- ‘Heysham bass nursery zone - where netting is allowed’
- ‘I would ask all caring anglers to write to their Member of Parliament so we can make sure nursery areas protect the bass stocks and netting is banned.’
- ‘But we have a crazy situation in this country where we allow nets to operate in these nursery areas.’
breeding ground, nursery, cradle, nest, den, seedbed, forcing house - 1.4as modifier Denoting a race for two-year-old horses.‘a six-furlong nursery handicap’
- ‘Champion jockey Kieren Fallon continues his excellent week with yet another winner, just getting up on Happy Crusader to snatch a last-gasp victory in the nursery race.’
- ‘Trained by John Quinn, the gelding broke his maiden tag in good style at Pontefract and followed-up with a fine effort in a hot nursery race at Beverley last time.’
- ‘Middleham trainer Patrick Haslam has the opening nursery race as a target for The Pen to bid for her third success of the campaign.’
- ‘The youngster then failed by only half a length to get the better of Blue Tomato in a hot nursery race at York's Ebor meeting.’
- ‘A winner on this course two outings ago, Pat The Builder has since run a fair race in a competitive nursery race back on turf at Newcastle.’
- ‘Whipper In finished a good second on her latest start, at Ayr, where she chased home North Walk in a competitive nursery on soft ground.’
- ‘At York, Seafield Towers should reward each-way support in the opening nursery at 2.00 after a promising run at Hamilton last week.’
2A place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere.
‘the plants are available from specialist nurseries’- ‘tree nursery’
- ‘The nursery has expanded to include a tree nursery where saplings are grown on to maturity for sale.’
- ‘It's resistant to humidity diseases, and is readily available at the specialist fruit tree nurseries.’
- ‘These gardeners may make note of those plants they'd like to add to their personal landscapes and seek them out at nurseries or special plant sales.’
- ‘Most plant catalogs and nurseries contain a selection of fruit trees that can be grown in containers.’
- ‘All landscape plants for sale in nurseries should be required to have a numerical allergy rating on each container.’
- ‘The plant nursery which is situated at the back of the Parish Hall is open daily.’
- ‘Marketing in the form of branding comes to your local plant nursery.’
- ‘Amos raised cattle and had a side business running a tree nursery.’
- ‘Garden centers and mail-order nurseries sell the Flower Pouch and similar products under different names in various sizes.’
- ‘Keith built up a wholesale nursery selling shrubs and plants in bulk to outlets around New Zealand.’
- ‘While at his website you can learn how to start your own profitable backyard nursery.’
- ‘Check with your local nursery or horticultural organization for details on alternative landscape species.’
- ‘Native orchids are offered by some commercial nurseries with the assurance that none have been collected from the wild.’
- ‘As with any shrub, buy your plant from a knowledgeable retail or mail-order nursery.’
- ‘In addition to local nurseries, hostas are available from several mail-order nurseries.’
- ‘As an experiment I bought in 12 different varieties of spray chrysanthemum from a specialist nursery.’
- ‘Ten specialist nurseries, all small independent businesses from Yorkshire, will display and sell their plants.’
- ‘Unusual species may have to be sought from specialist nurseries.’
- ‘She visited nurseries with her friend Sara Lynch to learn about plants.’
- ‘The figs have been placed alongside the baby peach trees in the tree nursery.’
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