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NURSERY RHYME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nursery rhyme mean? 

NURSERY RHYME (noun)
  The noun NURSERY RHYME has 1 sense:

1. a tale in rhymed verse for childrenplay

  Familiarity information: NURSERY RHYME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NURSERY RHYME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A tale in rhymed verse for children

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("nursery rhyme" is a kind of...):

narration; narrative; story; tale (a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program)


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