1. a room in a house for young children
2. a place where young children are cared for during the day
3. a place where plants are grown for sale or transplanting

Examples

• The baby’s nursery was painted in soft yellow colors.
• She enrolled her daughter in a local nursery.
• We bought tomato plants at the garden nursery.
• The university is a nursery for future leaders.
• They converted the spare bedroom into a nursery.
• The nursery rhymes helped the children learn to read.
• The plant nursery specializes in native species.