or ‧ phan ‧ age /ˈɔːf ə nɪdʒ $ ˈɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
a large house where children who are orphans live and are taken care of:
He was raised in an orphanage.
or ‧ phan ‧ age /ˈɔːf ə nɪdʒ $ ˈɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
a large house where children who are orphans live and are taken care of:
He was raised in an orphanage.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012