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childcares

childcares is the plural of childcare.

Meaning of childcare

Noun

childcare (countable and uncountable, plural childcares)

  1. (uncountable) The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
    • Today most childcare centres are woefully understaffed with poorly paid and underqualified personnel. Child care workers in both the USA and UK are in the lowest tenth of all wage earners.1993, Amitai Etzioni, The parenting deficit
  2. (countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

Questions about childcares

What is childcares the plural of?
Childcares is the plural of childcare.

Words near childcares in the dictionary

  1. childbride
  2. childbrides
  3. childcare
  4. childcarer
  5. childcarers
  6. childcares
  7. childcaring
  8. childcentric
  9. childcrowing
  10. childe
  11. Childebert

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