• (RP) IPA: /ˈnɜːsəɹi/, /ˈnɜːsɹi/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈnɝsəɹi/, /ˈnɝsɹi/

nursery

1. (countable) A place#Noun|place where nursing or the raising#Noun|raising of children is carried on.
   1. (by extension) Especially in European#Adjective|European countries: a room#Noun|room or area in a household set apart for the care#Noun|care of children.
      • 1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “Lady Milborough as Ambassador”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, publishers, […], OCLC 1118026626 ↗, page 87 ↗:

        As soon as she was alone and the carriage had been driven well away from the door, Mrs. Trevelyan left the drawing-room and went up to the nursery. As she entered she clothed her face with her sweetest smile. "How is his own mother's dearest, dearest, darling duck?" she said, putting out her arms and taking the boy from the nurse.

      • 1907, Robert William Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗, page 14 ↗:

        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. A place where the pre-school children of working#Adjective|working parent#Noun|parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre#Noun|centre.
   3. A nursery school.
   4. (Philippines) The first year of pre-school.
2. (countable, also, figuratively) A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
   • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i], page 210 ↗, column 2:

     [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.

   1. (agriculture, zoology) A place where animals breed#Verb|breed, or where young#Adjective|young animals are naturally or artificially rear#Verb|reared (for example, on a farm#Noun|farm).
   2. (horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplant#Verb|transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.
   3. (sports) A club#Noun|club or team#Noun|team for developing the skill#Noun|skills of young players.
3. (countable) Something which educates and nurture#Verb|nurtures.

   Commerce is the nursery of seamen.

4. (countable, billiards) Short for nursery cannon#English|nursery cannon (“a carom shot#Noun|shot involving ball#Noun|balls that are very close#Adjective|close together”).
5. (countable, obsolete, rare) Someone or something that is nurse#Verb|nursed; a nursling.
6. (uncountable, obsolete) The act of nursing#Noun|nursing or rear#Noun|rearing.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene 1]:

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

     I loved her [Cordelia] most, and thought to set to spend my retirement relying / On her kind nursing, [...]

• nurse

• French: crèche, pouponnière
• Italian: nursery
• Portuguese: berçário
• Russian: я́сли
• Spanish: criadero (for animals)

• German: Kinderstube

• French: crèche
• German: Kindergarten, Kinderstube, Kinderzimmer, Krippe
• Portuguese: berçário, creche
• Russian: я́сли
• Spanish: casa cuna

• French: pépinière
• German: Gärtnerei, Baumschule (for trees)
• Italian: vivaio
• Portuguese: sementeira, viveiro
• Russian: расса́дник
• Spanish: criadero, semillero, vivero