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# nursery

noun (a nursery, nurseries); adjective-like (nursery rhyme, nursery school)

«nursery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A nursery is a place where young children are cared for while their parents work, before they start school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#m1)
2. A nursery is a child's bedroom for a baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#m2)
3. A nursery is a place where plants and trees are grown and sold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#m3)
4. (UK) Nursery (class or school) is the first class for children aged about three to four. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life younger brothers and sisters go to nursery; parents decorate a nursery for a new baby; gardeners buy plants at a plant nursery. Nursery rhymes like «Humpty Dumpty» are short songs for small children. Phrases: go to nursery, nursery school, nursery rhyme, plant nursery, nursery nurse.

### Examples

- My little sister goes to nursery every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#x1)
- They painted the nursery yellow before the baby came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#x2)
- We bought apple trees from the nursery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#x3)
- «Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star» is a nursery rhyme. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#x4)
- The nursery has 24 children and 4 staff, so 6 children per adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#x5)
- I learned to paint at nursery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#x6)
- The nursery grows thousands of baby plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#x7)
- We now return to the nursery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun. In the UK, «nursery» comes before «reception»; in the USA the similar class is «preschool» or «pre-K». Do not confuse with «nurse» (a health worker). In maths, children per adult = children ÷ adults.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nursery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nursery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nursery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nursery.html) on Mova free.