Definition of nursery slope
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:a hill or part of hill that is not very steep and that is used by people who are learning how to ski :bunny slope
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nursery
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: attentive care : fosterage
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: a child's bedroom
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: a place where children are temporarily cared for in their parents' absence
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slope
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: that slants : sloping
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: to take an oblique course
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: to lie or fall in a slant : incline
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: go, travel
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: ground that forms a natural or artificial incline
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: upward or downward slant or inclination or degree of slant
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: the part of a continent draining to a particular ocean
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