a room in a house set apart for use by children a place where plants, young trees, etc, are grown commercially an establishment providing residential or day care for babies and very young children; crèche - short for nursery school
anywhere serving to foster or nourish new ideas, etc - Also called: nursery cannon
a series of cannons with the three balls adjacent to a cushion, esp near a corner pocket a cannon in such a series
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nurs•er•y /ˈnɜrsəri/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -er•ies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a room or place set apart for infants or very young children.
- Educationa nursery school or day nursery.
- a place where young trees or other plants are raised.
nurs•er•y
(nûr′sə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -er•ies.
- a room or place set apart for young children.
- Educationa nursery school or day nursery.
- a place where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or for experimental study.
- any place in which something is bred, nourished, or fostered:The art institute has been the nursery of much great painting.
- any situation, condition, circumstance, practice, etc., serving to breed or foster something:Slums are nurseries for young criminals.
- Middle English norcery. See nurse, -ery 1350–1400
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