orphanage
/'ɔ:fənidʤ/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A public institution for the care of orphans: An "orphanage" is a residential institution dedicated to housing, caring for, and educating children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable to care for them.
- The condition of being a child without living parents: "Orphanage" can also refer to the state or fact of being an orphan.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Institution):
- The charity raised funds to support the local orphanage.
- She grew up in an orphanage after her parents passed away.
- Noun (Condition):
- His early orphanage made him very independent.
- The novel explores the themes of loss and orphanage.
Advanced Usage
- "to be raised in an orphanage": to spend one's childhood in such an institution.
- The famous author was raised in an orphanage.
- "the orphanage of war": used metaphorically to describe the state of being orphaned as a result of war.
- The documentary highlighted the widespread orphanage of war.
Variants and Related Words
- Orphan (n): a child whose parents are dead.
- The foundation helps orphans find new families.
- Orphan (v): to make someone an orphan.
- The war orphaned thousands of children.
- Orphaned (adj): having been made an orphan.
- The orphaned puppy was taken to a shelter.
Synonyms
- Children's home: a general term for a home for children in care.
- Foundling home: a historical term for a home for abandoned infants.
- Orphanhood: (for the condition) the state of being an orphan.
Related Phrases
- "to be left an orphan": to become an orphan.
- He was left an orphan at the age of ten.
- "out of the orphanage": having left or been adopted from an orphanage.
- She was adopted out of the orphanage when she was five.
Noun
- a public institution for the care of orphans
- the condition of being a child without living parents
- his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult