Associations to the word «Orphanage»

Wiktionary

ORPHANAGE, noun. A public institution for the care and protection of orphans.
ORPHANAGE, noun. (obsolete) Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.

Dictionary definition

ORPHANAGE, noun. The condition of being a child without living parents; "his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult".
ORPHANAGE, noun. A public institution for the care of orphans.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King