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childline

childline noun: a telephone counselling service for children and young people.

Noun

childline (plural childlines)

  1. (India) A telephone counselling service for children and young people.
    • A childline service has been initiated by the ministry under the integrated programme for street children.2004, J. S. Rajput, Encyclopaedia of Indian Education: A-K, page 239
    • At the time of the Gujarat earthquake, the Childline India Foundation (CIF) had been established with childlines in several cities and district towns of India.2007, Lena Dominelli, Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World, page 306

Forms of childline

pluralchildlines

Origin of childline

From child + line, from the company name ChildLine.

Questions about childline

What does childline mean?
Childline means a telephone counselling service for children and young people.
What part of speech is childline?
Childline is a noun.
What is the plural of childline?
The plural of childline is childlines.

Words near childline in the dictionary

  1. childlessly
  2. childlessness
  3. childlike
  4. childlikeness
  5. childlikenesses
  6. childline
  7. childlines
  8. childliness
  9. childling
  10. childlings
  11. childlore

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