nursery rhyme

noun

: a short rhyme for children that often tells a story

Examples of nursery rhyme in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Paul loves sensory bubble timers and listening to nursery rhymes, and music is one of his favorite activities. — Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026

Kids can sing along as CeCe performs her rendition of the classic nursery rhyme, which focuses on how cute her new pet is. — Parents, 31 July 2026

Astor commissioned it in 1906 for his Knickerbocker hotel and asked the painter to have his face depicted on the body of the nursery rhyme character, King Cole. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Kindergarten teachers say that many of their students don’t know nursery rhymes or fairy tales, Benjamin Powers, the director of Yale and the University of Connecticut’s Haskins Global Literacy Hub, told me. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nursery rhyme

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime

Kids Definition

nursery rhyme

noun

: a short rhyme for children that often tells a story