nursery

A room or place where babies or very young children are cared for.

• The baby is in the nursery.
• They painted the nursery yellow before the birth.
• The hospital has a nursery for newborn babies.

Similar words: baby room

Common phrases: baby nursery, hospital nursery, nursery staff

A place where young plants are grown until they are ready to be planted elsewhere.

• The seedlings grow in a nursery.
• We moved the young trees from the nursery to the park.
• This nursery produces thousands of plants each year.

Common phrases: plant nursery, tree nursery, nursery seedlings, garden nursery