Mothers leave their small children in the day nursery during the day while they go out to work.
The furniture in a day nursery should consist of a toy cupboard stained to match the color scheme of the room and large enough for each child to have his own special compartment in it.
They were scattered about the bright day nursery, looking miserable, though they could scarcely tell why.
We're building a day nursery on the next block to help the working women.
Between 1987 and 2001 the number of child-minder and day nursery places increased from 223 to 642,000.
She was the only one among the interviewed women who had placed her son in a day nursery.
In the social service day nursery something was wrong.