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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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

Joanna Napoletano and Darlene Sindle had lived with the Galston triplets in a local foster home, and were known to run with a rowdy crowd.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

Very soon I'm going to be placed in a foster home.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan