"childline" meaning in English

See childline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: childlines [plural]
Etymology: child + line, from the company name ChildLine. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|child|line}} child + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} childline (plural childlines)
  1. (India) A telephone counselling service for children and young people. Wikipedia link: ChildLine Tags: India Categories (topical): Telephony

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for childline meaning in English (2.2kB)

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