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nursery school

American  

noun

  • nursery schools
    plural
  1. a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.


nursery school British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of nursery school

First recorded in 1825–35

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She worried about other potential costs, too: the hospital bill, daycare, nursery school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

All children will have a legal right to an ISP and their nursery, school or college will be responsible for consulting with parents and drawing them up.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026

Schoolchildren in the town were told to commute in a group or use school buses, while nursery school preschool children refrained from playing outside.

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

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."

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

She stopped smoking while she was pregnant with Mitt and then until he started nursery school.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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