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Noun: childhood  'chI(-u)ld,hûd
  1. The time of person's life when they are a child
     
  2. The state of a child between infancy and adolescence
    - puerility

Derived forms: childhoods

Type of: immatureness, immaturity, time of life

Encyclopedia: Childhood, Youth, Dependency

Nearest

childbearing
childbed
childbed fever
childbirth
childbirth-preparation class
childcare
child-centered
Childe Hassam
Childermas
child-free
childhood
childish
childishly
childishness
childless
childlessness
childlike
childly
childminder
childproof
child-proof