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Narrator: Today's word is "Nursery" — noun, pronounced /ˈnɜːsəri/, with the stress on "nur".
Narrator: A nursery is a place where young children are looked after while parents work.
Narrator: In plain English, it is childcare for little ones.
Narrator: It comes from Old French norrice, nurse.
Narrator: A common collocation is "nursery rhyme", which describes a traditional children's song.
Narrator: It differs from "school", because nursery is for children before school age.
Narrator: In a second sense, a plant nursery grows plants for sale.
Narrator: Education, parenting, gardening and childcare use the word.
Narrator: So remember: a nursery grows children or plants.
Speaker A: Where's your son during the day?
Speaker B: At NURSERY! From Old French norrice, nurse.
Speaker A: Does he like it?
Speaker B: Loves the sandpit.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She starts nursery in September", parenting. "Sing a nursery rhyme", music. "Buy roses from the nursery", gardening.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: British English says "at nursery", without "the", for childcare.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Preschool is its twin, crèche its cousin, and garden centre an alternative — yet nursery keeps its nurturing charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "nursery" in AI prompts — useful for childcare apps and garden shops.
Speaker A: How for childcare?
Speaker B: Parents.
Prompt: Write a daily report template for nursery staff to send parents.
Speaker A: And gardening?
Speaker B: Stock.
Prompt: Build a plant nursery stock list with price and season.
Speaker A: Could it help music?
Speaker B: Yes, for learning.
Prompt: List ten nursery rhymes that help toddlers learn counting.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Admissions.
Prompt: Write a nursery welcome pack checklist for new families.
Nursery — meaning in Arabic & definition More N courses GL Dictionary