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

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

As mourners talked quietly, nursery rhymes were interspersed with traditional gospel hymns. — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 28 June 2026

London Bridge Beach Song This classic kids’ nursery rhyme gets the CoComelon treatment when JJ and his friend Cody build an elaborate sandcastle. — Parents, 26 June 2026

This week, Netflix unveiled a bigger play for young audiences with the launch of a games app for kids, the renewal of two preschool series and a new show based on one of the most enduring nursery rhymes of all time. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 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