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

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

"I realised I didn't want the fame or the riches. I wanted to be a mum and a wife. Being a kid from foster home, that was all I actually craved."

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 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

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

When the welfare man sent me to the first foster home, and again when I ended up with the Swerlins in Mason.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz