forever home

English

Noun

forever home (plural forever homes)

  1. A permanent home found for a child or animal who is to be adopted.
    We were so glad to rescue Jezebel from the shelter and bring her to her forever home.
    • 2022 July 23, “A She-Cat Tamed By The Purr Of Her Humans”, in Not Always Right, archived from the original on 11 December 2022:
      Face Eater Cat is a very happy, healthy animal who's found her forever home, and she chirrups along when serenaded with eighties hits. It's a match made in heaven.
  2. A home in which a resident settles with the expectation of living there for the rest of their life.
    Synonym: forever house
    We put in the strongest bid that we could, because we wanted the home so bad — it felt like our forever home from the first moment we stepped inside.

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