fosˈterage noun

1. The act or custom of fostering or nursing
2. The condition or relation of foster-child
3. The care of a foster-child
4. The act of encouraging or cultivating

fosˈterer noun

fosˈtering noun

fosˈterling noun (archaic)

A foster-child

fosˈtress noun (archaic)

A female fosterer

fosˈter-brother noun

A male child nursed or brought up with a child or children of different parents

fosˈter-child noun

A child nursed or brought up by someone who is not its parent

fosˈter-daughter noun

fosˈter-father noun

A man who brings up a child in place of its father

fosˈter-home noun

fosˈter-mother noun

1. A woman who brings up a child in place of its mother
2. An apparatus for rearing chickens

fosˈter-nurse noun

fosˈter-parent noun

fosˈter-sister noun

fosˈter-son noun