foster care

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   supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home

   Broadercare

Questions about foster care

What does foster care mean?

foster care means "supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home".

Is foster care a common word?

foster care is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.