'Nursery' definitions:
Definition of 'nursery'
From: WordNet
noun
A child's room for a baby [syn: nursery, baby's room]
noun
A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [syn: greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse]
Definition of 'Nursery'
From: GCIDE
- Nursery \Nurs"er*y\, n.; pl. Nurseries. [Cf. F. nourricerie.]
- 1. The act of nursing. [Obs.] "Her kind nursery." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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 of any species, plant or animal, are nourished preparatory to transfer elsewhere; especially 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. "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." --Shak. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven. --J. M. Mason. [1913 Webster] (d) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is nursed. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nursery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bedchamber,
- bedroom,
- birthplace,
- blood bank,
- boudoir,
- breeding place,
- brooder,
- chamber,
- charity ward,
- clinic,
- cloche,
- cold frame,
- conservatory,
- consultation room,
- coolhouse,
- cradle,
- cubicle,
- cubiculum,
- day nursery,
- delivery room,
- dispensary,
- dormitory,
- emergency,
- examining room,
- fever ward,
- forcing bed,
- forcing house,
- forcing pit,
- glasshouse,
- greenhouse,
- hatchery,
- hospital room,
- hotbed,
- hothouse,
- incubator,
- infant school,
- intensive care,
- isolation,
- kindergarten,
- labor room,
- laboratory,
- lathhouse,
- maternity ward,
- nest,
- nidus,
- operating room,
- orangery,
- pharmacy,
- pinery,
- preschool,
- prison ward,
- private room,
- recovery room,
- rookery,
- seedbed,
- semi-private room,
- sleeping room,
- summerhouse,
- surgery,
- therapy,
- treatment room,
- ward,
- X ray