Nursery

n. pl. Nurseries (#).

1. The act of nursing.
2. The place where nursing is carried on
3. That which is nursed.
1. The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.
2. A place where young of any species, plant or animal, are nourished preparatory to transfer elsewhere;
3. The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
4. That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.