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

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

Within hours, Sindle seemed to have a mental breakdown, according to accounts relayed in police reports: On the night of Aug. 11, she was wandering around the foster home talking about “guts.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

“Pluto” is the name we came up with for the foster home we’re all staying at since our families died or turned their backs on us.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera