nursery
noun
a room or place set apart for young children.
nurseries
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pluralof nursery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
From March 2021 to March 2025, Bright Horizons nurseries were getting WRNs at the average rate for England, we have found.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
At some point, I pass a series of commercial greenhouses and nurseries.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
