Meaning

2 senses
  1. A household in which a child is placed for foster care.

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

  2. A household that volunteers to care for a domestic animal it does not own, especially by raising it from infancy until it is old enough to be adopted by a permanent owner.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. I grew up in foster homes.

  2. I live in a foster home.

    deIch wohne bei einer Pflegefamilie. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom grew up in a foster home.

    deTom wuchs bei einer Pflegefamilie auf. — Dejo

  4. I grew up in a foster home.

    ruЯ вырос в приёмной семье. — scriptin

    deIch bin bei einer Pflegefamilie aufgewachsen. — Waldelfe

  5. Tom went from one foster home to another.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From foster + home.

From foster + home.

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