daycare

British  

/ ˈdeɪˌkɛə /

noun

1. occupation, treatment, or supervision during the working day for people who might be at risk if left on their own, or whose usual carers need daytime relief

2. welfare services provided by a local authority, health service, or voluntary body during the day Compare residential care

3. short for daycare centre

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Example Sentences

Aside from daycare, the location offers dog boarding and grooming.

From The Wall Street Journal

Other users talk of building a dashboard to keep track of their child’s baseball stats, or automating the process of getting kids signed up for camps and daycare.

From The Wall Street Journal

Frederiksen, raised by a typographer father and a mother who worked in daycare, joined youth politics to fight social inequality.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company is also working with daycare centres to deliver nappies and collect the used ones.

From BBC

Elders in wheelchairs sit in the sun beside decommissioned shopping malls, whose main purpose seems to be to hold adult daycare centers for senior citizens.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• kindergarten
• nursery school