nursery
Other forms: nurseries
In a nursery, you're going to find a lot of growth — and either babies or plants.
The word nurse is a clue to the meaning of nursery: nurses take care of people, and a nursery is a place of caretaking. One kind of nursery is for babies: it's a child's room with a crib and lots of baby toys. The other kind of nursery is for plants: this type of nursery usually has glass walls and a roof, plus everything plants need to be healthy. Nurseries keep plants or babies safe so they can grow.
Definitions of nursery
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a child's room for a babysynonyms: baby's roomtypes:day care center, day nurserya nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents worktype of:child's rooma bedroom for a child
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a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditionssynonyms: glasshouse, greenhousetypes:conservatory, hothouse, indoor gardena greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing mannerorangerya place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas
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