nursery school

noun

: a school for children usually under five years old

Examples of nursery school in a Sentence

parents trying to find the right nursery school for their children
Recent Examples on the Web Kaplan caught the attention of Memento Mori cofounder Adriel Lares when Lares won a case of magnums from Howell Mountain, where Arkenstone is located, at a fundraiser at Kaplan’s son’s nursery school. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2024 Barney & Friends premiered on PBS in 1988 and the live-action show became must-see TV among the nursery school set. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024 Zoning began as a mechanism to prevent nursery schools next to slaughterhouses. Joshua Stein, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 Everyone tells the new nursery school teacher, American Francesca Loftfield, how safe the village is. Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nursery school 

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Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nursery school was in 1835

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“Nursery school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nursery%20school. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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nursery school

noun
: a school for children usually under five years of age

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