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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 children
Familiarity information: NURSERY RHYME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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