Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nursery school

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: nurs-ery school
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An educational institution for small children (normally around 3 to 5 years old, who not yet have begun primary school).

Canadian usage; British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

nursery schools (plural)

Synonyms

preschool prep kindergarten

Questions

What does nursery school mean?: An educational institution for small children (normally around 3 to 5 years old, who not yet have begun primary school).

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