Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for nursery. Search instead for nursers.
Definitions

nursery

[nur-suh-ree] / ˈnɜr sə ri /
NOUN
child's room
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

From certain angles it seems not much bigger than the shoe occupied by the old woman in the nursery rhyme.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

"They know where the species congregate and where the nursery grounds are."

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Its name is inspired by the nursery rhyme Old Mother Goose, reflecting the idea of an ancient goose emerging from the mud of a fossil deposit.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

Julie, who owns the nursery, is delightful and has a wide variety of milkweed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

He even turned up in the nursery after dinner.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

A spectacular new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope offers a front row view of one of the universe's busiest stellar nurseries.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

French state-owned utility EDF said on Friday it would allocate 80 million euros to equip schools, nurseries and daycare centres with cooling systems to help them cope with future heatwaves.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

The study also uncovered the worker bees responsible for creating and maintaining these royal nurseries.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

Bright Horizons said it welcomed scrutiny and did not consider the BBC's data analysis to be an "accurate representation of the standard of care" in its nurseries.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Already there are nurseries in twelve villages along the lake.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall




Vocabulary lists containing nursery


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training