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nursery

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Synonyms and Antonyms of nursery

1 a place or environment that favors the development of something

ancient Greece is often cited as the nursery of democracy

Synonyms of nursery

breeding ground, hotbed, hothouse, nest, nidus, seedbed, seminary

Words Related to nursery

base, capital, center, core, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus, seat

focus, headquarters

2 a school for children who are generally less than five years old

are asking parents not to bring their children to the nursery if they have the flu virus

Synonyms of nursery

crèche, day nursery, nursery school, pre-K, prekindergarten, preschool

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