foster-mother

1. 1.

   a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child

   Synonymsfoster mother

   Broaderfoster-parent

Questions about foster-mother

What does foster-mother mean?

foster-mother means "a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child".

How many syllables are in foster-mother?

foster-mother has 4 syllables and divides as fo-ster--mo-ther under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for foster-mother?

Close synonyms include foster mother. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.