foster home

American  

[faw-ster hohm, fos-ter] / ˈfɔ stər ˈhoʊm, ˈfɒs tər /

noun

foster homes plural

1. a household in which a child is raised by someone other than their biological or adoptive parent.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• foster homes
  plural

Example Sentences

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foster home

They are all now settling into a foster home.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

The state placed her in an “affirming” foster home, where she shares a bedroom with a teenage boy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Derek Rodriguez-Hernandez, 2, and older brother Jaden Hernandez left their foster home in the Westlake neighborhood about 1:30 a.m., police said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2025

The stigma stayed with PJ his whole life, even after finding a loving foster home and, in later years, tracking down his birth mother, who was separated from him when he was a one-year-old.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025

“In the foster home before last. My foster father did sumpin’ with computers.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles