orphanage

[awr-fuh-nij] / ˈɔr fə nɪdʒ /

NOUN

home

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apartment cabin condo condominium cottage dormitory dwelling farm hospital house hut mansion palace place residence resort shelter trailer

STRONG

abode address asylum bungalow castle cave co-op diggings digs domicile dump fireside flat habitation hangout haunt hearth hideout homestead joint manor nest pad roof roost shanty turf villa

WEAK

boarding house commorancy crash pad hole in the wall home plate living quarters parking place rooming house where the hat is

Antonyms

WEAK

office

NOUN

institute/institution

Synonyms

WEAK

academy association asylum business clinic college company conservatory establishment fixture foundation guild hospital school seminar seminary society system think tank university

NOUN

institution

Synonyms

STRONGEST

academy association business clinic company establishment foundation hospital institute school society system university

STRONG

asylum college conservatory fixture guild seminar seminary

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Falling debris from the destroyed Atacms on Tuesday damaged the roofs of a clinic and an orphanage and struck a private house in Voronezh, Russia said.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was mostly raised in an orphanage in Hermosillo.

From Los Angeles Times

Dr. Larch, the man charged with making orphans feel at home, is here again, as are Angela and Edna, his nurses at the orphanage in rural St. Cloud’s, Maine.

From The Wall Street Journal

Unable to cope, her birth mother placed her in an orphanage in the South Korean capital, Seoul.

From BBC

They lauded the orphanage’s “amazing team on the ground” and asked for donations to finance its continuation.

From The Wall Street Journal

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