nursery, baby's room
(noun) a child’s room for a baby
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nursery (countable and uncountable, plural nurseries)
(countable) A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
(by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.
A nursery school (“a school where pre-school children learn and play at the same time”).
(Philippines) The first year of pre-school.
(countable, also, figuratively) A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
(agriculture, zoology) A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).
(horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc, are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.
(sports) A club or team for developing the skills of young players.
(countable) Something which educates and nurtures.
(countable, billiards) Short for nursery cannon.
(countable, obsolete, rare) Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.
(uncountable, obsolete) The act of nursing or rearing.
Source: Wiktionary
Nurs"er*y, n.; pl. Nurseries. Etym: [Cf. F. nourricerie.]
1. The act of nursing. [Obs.] "Her kind nursery." Shak.
2. 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.
3. That which is nursed. [R.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 January 2025
(noun) a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
