nursery

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.

   “But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.”

2. isim An institution for small children who not yet have begun primary school during daytime (when their parents work); a daycare centre.
3. isim The first year of pre-school.
4. isim A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.

   “[S]ince for the great deſire I had To ſee faire Padua, nurſerie of Arts, I am arriu'd for fruitfull Lombardie, The pleaſant garden of great Italy.”

5. isim A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).
6. isim 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.
7. isim A club or team for developing the skills of young players.
8. isim Something which educates and nurtures.

   “Commerce is the nursery of seamen.”

9. isim Ellipsis of nursery cannon (“a carom shot involving balls that are very close together”).
10. isim Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.
11. isim The act of nursing or rearing.

    “I lou'd her moſt, and thought to ſet my reſt / On her kind nurcery, [...]”