nursery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nursery	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nursery n a child's room for a baby Synonym(s): nursery, baby's room a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions Synonym(s): greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nursery \Nurs"ery\, n.; pl. {Nurseries}. [Cf. F. nourricerie.] 1. The act of nursing. [Obs.] [bd]Her kind nursery.[b8] --Shak. 2. The place where nursing is carried on; as: (a) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children. (b) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees. (c) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted. [bd]Fair Padua, nursery* of arts.[b8] --Shak. Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven. --J. M. Mason. (d) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen. 3. That which is nursed. [R.] --Milton.