nursery school

noun

1. a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.

nursery school

noun

1. a school for young children, usually from three to five years old

Word History and Origins

Origin of nursery school¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Pillion passenger Ms Engstrom, who works with nursery school children, said: "I remember being in the air, going over the barrier and landing on the road on the other side."

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During the Great Depression, the Works Projects Administration, a New Deal agency created to combat unemployment, established 14 emergency nursery schools in New York.

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"She never got to see Ffion start nursery school and the pain of that is horrible," he said.

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The children were carried to an emergency reception point in a safe zone, a few hundred metres from the nursery school.

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Funding was secured in 2023 to build a "like-for-like" replacement school on the Isle of Mull to replace the dilapidated Tobermory High School, which also houses a primary and nursery school.

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Related Words

• day care 
• preschool