🇬🇧 Nursery meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A nursery is a place where young children or babies are cared for. It can be a room in a house where a baby sleeps and plays, or a facility where young children are looked after while their parents are at work. It can also refer to a place where plants are grown and nurtured.

My baby brother’s nursery is full of toys, but all he wants to play with is my shoe.

A nursery is the only place where people cheer when you successfully burp.

The nursery had a sign that said “Quiet, babies sleeping!”—too bad the babies can’t read.

Mom decorated the nursery with so many stars, it looked like a mini planetarium.

Dad accidentally fell asleep in the nursery while reading a bedtime story.

At dawn she tiptoed into the nursery, heart soft. The nursery smelled of milk and warm blankets. In the crib a small hand waved; the nursery mobile turned slowly. She hummed, lifted the child, and left the nursery door open. At noon she returned, smiled, and closed the nursery light.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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