nursery
- noun
- /ˈnɜr.sə.ri/
- We've just done the school run so the boys are now at school and Jackson is at nursery for a few hours so we have some time to actually do some things.
- nursery rhyme
Think about the tubes in a nursery for premature babies.
- Think about the tubes in a nursery for premature babies.
- Now we were taken straight from Lambeth Hospital, where I was born to the nursery.
- Besides, obviously like the obvious stuff like buying him stuff, buying his car seat, doing his nursery.
- You know, you, your husband, your home, your nursery, your kids.
Examples
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I really pushed to get Romy's nursery finished before she arrived.
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Hello sweet baby having my breakfast in the nursery because I just love it in here.
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So we have all the stuff that I showed you, and this is what the nursery looks like currently.
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We'll take him back to the nursery now.
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We're turning the music room into a nursery.
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So, it's a one bedroom, one bath, but there's a nice little nook over here that would be great for a nursery,
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She has got the most amazing carers at her nursery at what her childminded who genuinely like, love Nova in such a lovely wet way.
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The nursery is decorated with colorful toys and a crib for the baby.
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After finishing the renovation, the couple was excited to set up the nursery for their first child.
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She spent the entire afternoon organizing the nursery, making sure everything was ready for the new arrival.
Synonyms
A room made and decorated for a baby
A bedroom for a child
Compounds
- UK
A place where adults look after young children during the day while their parents work
How Child-Friendly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nursery comes from the same root as nurse and nourish, words that mean 'to feed' and 'to care for'. So a nursery is the room in a house where a baby is looked after, fed, and kept safe.