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childhood
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
childhood
(noun)
second childhood
(noun)
childhood
/
ˈ
tʃajəldˌhʊd/
noun
plural
childhoods
childhood
/
ˈ
tʃajəldˌhʊd/
noun
plural
childhoods
Britannica Dictionary definition of CHILDHOOD
:
the period of time when a person is a child
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noncount
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I remember this place from (my)
childhood
.
diseases that can occur in
childhood
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Both men had unhappy
childhoods
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often used before another noun
childhood
heroes/friends/memories
my
childhood
home
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second childhood
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