foster home

Noun

Meaning

a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency)

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

foster-home

Synonyms

home asylum workhouse foster family safe harbor safe house foster care foster father foster parent Care Bears adopted parents adoptive father adoptive parent adoptive families foster homes
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Antonyms

native land own country

Hypernyms

house family home menage household

Examples

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him. Marian Wright Edelman

I've been struck by the upside-down priorities of the juvenile justice system. We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him. Marian Wright Edelman

We were so poor that my mother would often leave me in a foster home until she could raise enough money to rent rooms for us. Carmen Dell'Orefice

I was quick to enlist our services when I heard Chubby the frog needed a foster home. Source: Internet

In 1947, Kathleen Maddox tried to have her son placed in a foster home but failed because no such home was available. Source: Internet

A long-term foster home is being sought for four-year-old May, a shy energetic child who enjoys music, loves to play dress up and seems to be more comfortable in the company of adults. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

foster family foster family members foster father foster home to foster home foster homes Foster Kennedy syndrome