nursery

Definition

  • noun: the room where a baby sleeps
  • noun: attentive care
  • synonyms: fosterage

Examples

  • She dropped her daughter off at the (day) 'nursery'. [=('US') day care center]

  • She still needs to decorate the 'nursery' before the baby comes.

  • We get our flowers from a local 'nursery'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) the things they say to one another. Stop, Mammy, don't tell me any more. And then that night... ...Mr. Rhett, he locked hisself in the nursery with Miss Bonnie... ...and he wouldn't even open the door... ...when Miss Scarlett beat on it and hollered to him. And that's the way it's been (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind