Found 3 items, similar to Nursery.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: nursery
kamar anak, persemaian
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nursery
nursery
n 1: a child's room for a baby [syn:
baby's room]
2: a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation
and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [syn:
greenhouse,
glasshouse]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nursery
Nursery
\Nurs"er*y\, n.; pl.
Nurseries. [Cf. F. nourricerie.]
1. The act of nursing. [Obs.]
“Her kind nursery.” --Shak.
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2. The place where nursing is carried on; as:
(a) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to
the care of children.
(b) A place where young of any species, plant or animal,
are nourished preparatory to transfer elsewhere;
especially a place where young trees, shrubs, vines,
etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting;
a plantation of young trees.
(c) The place where anything is fostered and growth
promoted.
“Fair Padua, nursery of arts.” --Shak.
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Christian families are the nurseries of the
church on earth, as she is the nursery of the
church in heaven. --J. M. Mason.
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(d) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the
nursery of seamen.
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3. That which is nursed. [R.] --Milton.
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