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# orphanage

noun (orphanages)

«orphanage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An orphanage is a home where children who have no parents live and are cared for. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphanage/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a child is sent to an orphanage after losing both parents

### Examples

- The children lived in an orphanage in the city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphanage/#x1)
- She was adopted from the orphanage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphanage/#x2)
- The orphanage had a big garden for the children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphanage/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «orphanage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphanage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«orphanage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/orphanage.html) on Mova free.