daycare

noun/ˈdeɪkɛr/

Frequency rank: #9,534 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a place where young children are looked after during the day while their parents are at work.

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Example sentence

She drops her son off at daycare every morning before heading to work.

Synonyms & related words

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