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Definition of Nursery
Nursery

The act of nursing.

The place where nursing is carried on

The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.

A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.

The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.

That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.

That which is nursed.

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Nursery Quotations

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Habit is the nursery of errors.
Victor Hugo

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
Plato

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
Jean Cocteau

There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge.
Erica Jong

Nursery Translations

nursery in German is Kinderzimmer
nursery in Hungarian is gyermekszoba
nursery in Italian is stanza dei bambini
nursery in Swedish is barnkammare


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