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NURS-uh-ree/ˈnɜːsəri/

A nursery is a place that looks after very young children, or a shop that sells plants: at the nursery, a nursery school, a garden nursery. Kindergarten and preschool are cousins for children. Hospital nursery is for newborn babies — extra. Do not write nursery when you mean nurse, or nursing.

Meaning

A place where young children are looked after while parents work; also a plant shop.

Examples

• “She drops her son at the nursery at eight.”
• “The nursery closes at six in the evening.”
• “We bought tomato plants at the garden nursery.”

Good to know

at the nursery / a garden nursery. Child cousins: preschool. Mix-up: nurse.

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