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Synonyms for nursery

Grammar : Noun
Spell : nur-suh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɜr sə ri

Définition of nursery

Origin :
  • c.1400, "breeding, nursing," from Old French norture, norreture "food, nourishment; education, training," from Late Latin nutritia "a nursing, suckling," from Latin nutrire "to nourish, suckle" (see nourish). Meaning "place or room for infants and young children and their nurse" is from c.1300. As a type of school, 1580s. Horticultural sense is from 1560s. Nursery rhyme is from 1832.
  • noun child's room
Example sentences :
  • It was much nicer upstairs in the nursery with Mimi, the Angora cat.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Mark was in the nursery, as the children's room was still called.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • After tea I slunk away to the nursery, and sat staring into the fire.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • And from the time he was a babe in the nursery Coryston had fulfilled it to perfection.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Lalkhan brought tea, and Tony went with him quite meekly to the nursery.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • Ayah and little Fay were in the nursery across the passage, where there was a fire.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • This nursery, like the other, looks out on the glorious mountains.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • The nursery kitchen, we were amused to discover, has a sphere of influence all its own.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • Suhinie left the nursery for a few hours' rest at noon on February 2, 1910.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • Then there was a rush round to the nursery, and an eager showing of the "It."
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

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