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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At first there wasn’t anywhere for most of the kids on the plane to go, so we were placed in a Catholic orphanage.

From Literature

His mission: take back the mine and repay the Mexican orphanage that once saved him.

From Los Angeles Times

According to Soumah, a woman in the hospital last summer announced to her that Sabina was being sent to an orphanage.

From Barron's

When the thought of her sending me off to an orphanage still gnawed at my mind?

From Literature

While Pope Leo spent two decades as a missionary in Peru, Hicks worked at an orphanage in El Salvador from 2005 to 2010, according to a biography released by the New York archdiocese.

From BBC

orphanage

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