CHILD WELFARE SERVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does child welfare service mean? 

• CHILD WELFARE SERVICE (noun)
  The noun CHILD WELFARE SERVICE has 1 sense:

1. an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children

  Familiarity information: CHILD WELFARE SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHILD WELFARE SERVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

child welfare agency; child welfare service

Hypernyms ("child welfare service" is a kind of...):

administrative body; administrative unit (a unit with administrative responsibilities)