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пито́мник — meaning in English

pitomnik

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English meaning

  • nursery noun A place where babies are breastfed or where young children are cared for and brought up.

Senses

пито́мник is used for these senses in English:

  • breeding-ground A place or region where animals go to breed.
  • breeding-ground (figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.
  • nursery (agriculture, zoology) A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).
  • nursery (horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.

nursery — full definition

  1. noun A place where babies are breastfed or where young children are cared for and brought up.
  2. noun Particularly in parts of Europe: a room kept just for looking after children in the home.
  3. noun A daytime centre that looks after young children who haven't started school yet, while their parents are at work.
  4. noun The earliest year of pre-school education.
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