Nursery Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Translations
    • 1.3.2 Related terms
• 2 Italian
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Noun

English

Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

nurse + -ery

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈnɝs(ə)ri/, SAMPA: /"n3`s(@)ri/
• Hyphenation: nurs‧er‧y

Noun

nursery (plural nurseries)

1. (obsolete) The act of nursing

   “Her kind nursery.” —Shakespeare

2. A place where nursing is carried on; as:
   1. A place, or apartment, in a house, used for the care of children.
   2. A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
   3. The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.

      "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." —Shakespeare

      Christian families are the nurseries of the

      church on earth, as she is the nursery of the

      church in heaven. —J. M. Mason

   4. That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
3. (rare) That which is nursed.

Related terms

• nurse
• nursery rhyme

Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

nursery f. inv.

1. nursery (place for the care of children)

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