nurseries
Meaning
plural of nursery
nursery
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
- (British, UK, countable, uncountable) A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
- (Philippines, countable, uncountable) A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
- (also, countable, figuratively) A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
- (also, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
- (also, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
- (also, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
- (countable) Something which educates and nurtures.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis) Ellipsis of nursery cannon (“a carom shot involving balls that are very close together”).
- (countable, obsolete, rare) Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.
- (obsolete, uncountable) The act of nursing or rearing.
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