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nurs·er·y
(nûr′sə-rē, nûrs′rē)n. pl. nurs·er·ies
1. A room or area in a household set apart for the use of children.
2.
a. A place for the temporary care of children in the absence of their parents.
b. A nursery school.
3. A place where plants are grown for sale, transplanting, or experimentation.
4. A place in which something is produced, fostered, or developed.
[Middle English noricerie, probably from Old French norricerie, from norrice, nursemaid; see nurse.]
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nursery
(ˈnɜːsrɪ)n, pl -ries
1.
a. a room in a house set apart for use by children
b. (as modifier): nursery wallpaper.
2. (Horticulture) a place where plants, young trees, etc, are grown commercially
3. (Education) an establishment providing residential or day care for babies and very young children; crèche
4. (Education) short for nursery school
5. anywhere serving to foster or nourish new ideas, etc
6. (Billiards & Snooker) billiards
a. a series of cannons with the three balls adjacent to a cushion, esp near a corner pocket
b. a cannon in such a series
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nurs•er•y
(ˈnɜr sə ri)n., pl. -er•ies.
1. a room or place set apart for infants or very young children.
2. a nursery school or day nursery.
3. a place where young trees or other plants are raised.
[1350–1400; Middle English]
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nursery
- Can be a pond in which fry are reared.See also related terms for pond.
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Nursery
place where people are fostered or developed; a collection of plants.Examples: nursery of evil, 1606; of kernels and stones, 1664; of racoons; of soldiers, 1839; of ungodliness, 1583; of vices, 1604; of blooming youth, 1820.
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| Noun | 1. |  nursery - a child's room for a baby child's room - a bedroom for a child day care center, day nursery - a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work |
| 2. |  nursery - a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditionsbuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" hothouse, indoor garden, conservatory - a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner orangery - a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas |
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nursery
noun crèche, kindergarten, playgroup The company has its own workplace nursery
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Translations
حُجْرَة أطْفال، حَضانَهحَضَانَةٌمَشْتَل
dětský pokojjesleškolka
børnehavebørneværelseplanteskole
lastenhuone
vrtić
faiskolagyermekszoba
barnaherbergigróîurhús
子供部屋
육아실
detská izba
drevesnicajasliotroška soba
daghem
สถานรับเลี้ยงเด็ก
çocuk odasıfidanlık
nhà trẻ
nursery
[ˈnɜːsrɪ]A. N
1. (where small children are looked after) → guardería f, jardín m de infancia; (= school) → parvulario m, escuela f de párvulos, escuela f infantil (Sp), kínder m (LAm); (= room at home) → cuarto m del bebé, habitación f del bebé
2. (Agr, Hort) → vivero m
3. (Zool) → criadero m
B. CPD nursery education N → educación f preescolar
nursery nurse N → puericultor(a) m/f
nursery rhyme N → canción f infantil
nursery school N → parvulario m, escuela f de párvulos, escuela f infantil (Sp), kínder m (LAm)
nursery schooling N = nursery education nursery school teacher N = nursery teacher nursery slopes NPL (Brit) (Ski) → pistas fpl para principiantes
nursery teacher N → maestro/a m/f de parvulario, maestro/a m/f de preescolar
nursery nurse N → puericultor(a) m/f
nursery rhyme N → canción f infantil
nursery school N → parvulario m, escuela f de párvulos, escuela f infantil (Sp), kínder m (LAm)
nursery schooling N = nursery education nursery school teacher N = nursery teacher nursery slopes NPL (Brit) (Ski) → pistas fpl para principiantes
nursery teacher N → maestro/a m/f de parvulario, maestro/a m/f de preescolar
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nursery
[ˈnɜːrsəri] n (= room) → nursery f
(also day nursery) → crèche f
(British) (= school) → école f maternelle
(for plants) → pépinière fnursery education n → enseignement m en école maternellenursery nurse n → puériculteur/trice m/f nursery rhyme n → comptine fnursery school n (state-run) → école f maternelle; (private) → jardin m d'enfantsnursery slope n (British) → piste f pour débutants
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
nursery
n
nursery
:nurseryman
n → Gärtner m
nursery nurse
nursery rhyme
n → Kinderreim m
nursery school
n → Kindergarten m
nursery school teacher
n → Kindergärtner(in) m(f)
nursery slope
n (Ski) → Idiotenhügel m (hum), → Anfängerhügel m
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
nurse
(nəːs) noun1. a person who looks after sick or injured people in hospital. She wants to be a nurse.
2. a person, usually a woman, who looks after small children. The children have gone out with their nurse.
verb1. to look after sick or injured people, especially in a hospital. He was nursed back to health.
2. to give (a baby) milk from the breast.
3. to hold with care. She was nursing a kitten.
4. to have or encourage (feelings eg of anger or hope) in oneself.
ˈnursery – plural ˈnurseries – noun1. a room etc for young children.
2. a place where young plants are grown.
ˈnursing noun the profession of a nurse who cares for the sick.
ˈnursemaid noun a nurse who looks after small children.
ˈnurseryman noun a person who runs, or works in, a nursery for plants.
nursery rhyme a short, simple poem for children.
nursery school a school for very young children.
ˈnursing-home noun a small private hospital.
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nursery
→ حَضَانَةٌ jesle børnehave Kinderzimmer παιδικό δωμάτιο guardería lastenhuone crèche vrtić camera dei bambini 子供部屋 육아실 kinderdagverblijf barneværelse żłobek quarto de criança детская комната daghem สถานรับเลี้ยงเด็ก çocuk odası nhà trẻ 托儿所Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
nursery
n. guardería; [in a hospital] sala de niños recién nacidos.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
nursery
n (pl -ries) (también nursery school) guardería or escuela infantil, jardín m de infancia, jardín de niños (Mex); newborn — unidad f de neonatología (form), sala de recién nacidosEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.