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foster home

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

noun

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


Example Sentences

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They are all now settling into a foster home.

From BBC

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

From The Wall Street Journal

While their foster homes and orphanages and schools always changed, Danny could count on two things: his sister and their book.

From Literature

“It’s his fifth foster home, which isn’t that bad actually. We had one kid who’d been in twelve.”

From Literature

She had made him the quilt that had come with him to every foster home he’d ever had.

From Literature