orphanage

or-phan-age · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A residential institution for the care of orphans.

Forms

plural: orphanages

Related words

See also: adoption, children's_home, foster_home, orphan
Synonyms: children's_home

Etymology

From orphan + -age (suffix denoting a place or condition), from Greek orphanos ("bereaved").