nursery school

noun

1. a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.

nursery school

noun

1. a school for young children, usually from three to five years old

Word History and Origins

Origin of nursery school¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Ms Gormley said the nursery school had used funding to pay for speech and language therapy and it had made "a massive difference".

From BBC

Seeing the jubilant faces “really shocked me,” said Ms. Okuno, 22, a nursery school teacher who grew up in Hiroshima and has worked as a peace and environmental activist.

From New York Times

Parents enjoy discounted nursery schools, baby products, groceries, health care, energy bills, transportation, after-school activities and summer camps.

From New York Times

Did they cotton on to the fact that Trump was advocating depriving all Virginia public and private K-12 schools, nursery schools, child care centers and home schools of federal funding?

From Los Angeles Times

Kayleigh Kilpatrick's son River left the nursery school in Aberdeen without staff noticing and walked most of the 15-minute journey home before he was found next to a busy road by a passer-by.

From BBC

Related Words

• day care
• preschool