Synonyms for nursery
ˈnɜr sə rinurs·e·ry

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1. nursery

   Synonyms:
   seed-plot, seminary, plantation, school

   Antonyms:
   world, life, education, profession

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1. nursery, baby's roomnoun

   a child's room for a baby

   Synonyms:
   glasshouse, greenhouse, baby's room

2. greenhouse, nursery, glasshousenoun

   a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

   Synonyms:
   greenhouse, glasshouse, baby's room

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1. nurserynoun

   Synonyms:
   crèche (public nursery)

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1. List of paraphrases for "nursery":

   incubator, sowers, maternal, kindergarten, nurseries, incubators, crèche, pre-school, rearing, day-care, daycare, preschool, pre-primary, childcare, kindergartens, seedbed

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1. Judy Morgan:

   If you do not want the dog and cat to go into the nursery, start training them to stay out of the room before the baby arrives — and yes, cats are trainable too.

2. D. H. Lawrence:

   I believe a man is born first unto himself-for the happy developing of himself, while the world is a nursery, and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood then they are born to humanity, to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never-ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the terrible multitudes of brothers.

3. Alyssa Russomondo:

   The first time he slept through the night, I just remember waking up on my own and going into his nursery to find him still asleep. It was a really weird feeling actually, like I had slept through something and why wasn’t he up yet?

4. John Mulaney:

   She hinted about it constantly. Every room John Mulaney ’d walk into, she ’d be like, ‘ So this could be an office … or maybe a nursery. ’ no, no, I know.

5. John Burt:

   Coral reefs are home to a quarter of all marine species and support fisheries by providing foraging habitats for adult fish and nursery habitats for juveniles, so they're really important biologically and economically.