nursery
nursery is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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 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. Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven. J. M. Mason. (d) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
- 2.That which is nursed. [R.] Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedary
- academic
- academy
- age
- alembic
- alma
- alveary
- ambo
- amphitheater
- and
- armory
- art
- atelier
- auditorium
- babyhood
- beardless
- beauty
- beehive
- bindery
- bloom
- boarding
- book
- box
- boyhood
- branch
- budding
- bureau
- business
- cabinet
- caldron
- callow
- cannery
- cathedra
- chair
- childhood
- class
- college
- collegiate
- continuation
- convent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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