nursery
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noun
(plural
nurseries
)
a
room
in a
house
for the
special
use
of
young
children
.
⦅やや古⦆ 子供部屋, 子供の寝室[遊び部屋]
(also
day nursery
) a
place
where
young
children
are cared for during the
working day
; a
nursery
school
.
(職場・教会などの)託児所[室](⦅英⦆
day nursery
, ⦅米⦆
day-care center
); (3—5歳児が通う)保育園(
nursery school
,
kindergarten
); (産院の)授乳室
a
place
where
young
plant
s and
tree
s are grown for
sale
or for
planting
elsewhere.
(販売用植物の)種苗園, 養苗場; (一般に) «…の» 育つ[増える]場所; 温床 «for, of»
a
place
or
natural
habitat
that
breed
s or
support
s
animal
s:
e.g.
this estuary provides a vast nursery for fish.
an
institution
or
environment
in which certain types of
people
or
qualities
are fostered or
bred
:
養成所
e.g.
that nursery of traitors.
ORIGIN
late
Middle English
: from
Old French
nourice
‘
nurse
’ (see
nurse
1) +
-ery
.