foster home

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

NOUN

household caring for orphaned or troubled child

Synonyms

WEAK

halfway house safe harbor safe house

Example Sentences

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“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

An attorney for Herman Law said in a court filing the client believed she’d been in a foster home there, and the lack of records didn’t conclusively establish anything.

From Los Angeles Times

"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

I grew up in a foster home in the San Fernando Valley.

From Los Angeles Times