What does "orphanage" mean?

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

What is a synonym for "orphanage"?

Common synonyms include: asylum, children's home, halfway house, home, home for orphans, hospice.

Pronounced //ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ//.

/ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/ noun

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Noun

1
A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonym: children's home (not always different)"
2
a public institution for the care of orphans wordnet
3
Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan. countable, obsolete, uncountable
4
the condition of being a child without living parents wordnet

"He delivered the package to the orphanage."

Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age.