children's home

nounCEFR B2

শিশু নিবাস, এতিমখানা

Meaning

A place where children live when they cannot live with their families.

Example sentences

He grew up in a children's home.সে একটি শিশু নিবাসে বড় হয়েছে।
The children's home needs volunteers.শিশু নিবাসটিতে স্বেচ্ছাসেবক দরকার।

A common mistake

Every child in a children's home is an orphan.→Not every child in a children's home is an orphan.

Orphanage says the children have lost their parents. Children's home is the wider and more accurate term, since many residents have living families.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: orphanage

Similar words, and what each means

orphanage
এতিমখানা, অনাথ আশ্রম
A home for children whose parents have died or cannot care for them.

Other English words for “শিশু নিবাস, এতিমখানা”

orphanage
A home for children whose parents have died or cannot care for them.

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“children's home” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • শিশু নিবাস, এতিমখানা
- • সারং, কোমরে জড়ানো কাপড়
- • পাওয়ার সাপ্লাই, বিদ্যুৎ সরবরাহ ইউনিট
- • অলসতা
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শিশু নিবাস, এতিমখানা — children's home (noun) — শিশু নিবাস, এতিমখানা. A place where children live when they cannot live with their families.
Which word is closest in meaning to “children's home”?
- • sheet-metal
- • heartache
- • bedstead
- • orphanage
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orphanage — orphanage — এতিমখানা, অনাথ আশ্রম. A home for children whose parents have died or cannot care for them.

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