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
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The Democratic delegates even voted down an amendment that would have kept these vending machines out of elementary schools, kindergartens and nursery schools! Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2025 The kids hug each other, of course, and parents hug their kids, and also adults at training sessions for nursery school teachers did it, too. Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 Murakami’s mother picked up his 6-year-old son, Yuta, at his nursery school after the earthquake. Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025 After graduating cum laude from Brooklyn College in the early 1940s, Chisholm taught as a nursery school teacher while pursuing her master’s degree in early childhood education at Columbia University. Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nursery school

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 3 Mar. 2025.

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nursery school

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

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