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foster family

foster family noun: a family having at least one foster child.

Noun

foster family (plural foster families)

  1. A family having at least one foster child.

Forms of foster family

pluralfoster families

Questions about foster family

What does foster family mean?
Foster family means a family having at least one foster child.
What part of speech is foster family?
Foster family is a noun.
What is the plural of foster family?
The plural of foster family is foster families.

Words near foster family in the dictionary

  1. Foster City
  2. Foster County
  3. foster fail
  4. foster fails
  5. foster families
  6. foster family
  7. foster father
  8. foster fathers
  9. foster home
  10. foster homes
  11. Foster Kennedy syndrome

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