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Nursery

ˈnəːs(ə)ri

Nursery definitions
noun
nurseries nursery
  1. a room in a house for the special use of young children

    "a toy-strewn nursery"

    • a place where young children are cared for during the working day; a nursery school
    • an institution or environment in which certain types of people or qualities are fostered or bred

      "that nursery of traitors"

    • a place or natural habitat which breeds or supports animals

      "this estuary provides a vast nursery for fish"

    • denoting a race for two-year-old horses

      "a six-furlong nursery handicap"

  2. a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere

    "the plants are available from specialist nurseries"