NURSERY

(FOR CHILDREN) [noun] [C] - a place where young children and babies are taken care of while their parents are at work, or a room in a house where small children sleep and playTheir two children have been going to a nursery since they were small babies.We're turning one bedroom into a nursery and painting it in bright colours.Nursery education is the teaching of children who are between the ages of two or three to five years old.(UK) A nursery nurse is a person who has been trained to take care of young children.A nursery school (US and ANZ also preschool) is a school for children between the ages of two and five.A nursery rhyme is a short poem or song for young children.Most nursery rhymes are very old and known by most of the people in the particular country in which they are found.(UK) Nursery slopes (US and ANZ beginners' slopes) are gentle slopes on a mountain used by people learning to ski.