'Childhood' definitions:

Definition of 'childhood'

From: WordNet
noun
The time of person's life when they are a child
noun
The state of a child between infancy and adolescence [syn: childhood, puerility]

Definition of 'Childhood'

From: GCIDE
  • Childhood \Child"hood\ (ch[imac]ld"h[oo^]d), n. [AS. cildh[=a]d; cild child + -h[=a]d. See Child, and -hood.]
  • 1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. [1913 Webster]
  • I have walked before you from my childhood. --1. Sam. xii. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Children, taken collectively. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • The well-governed childhood of this realm. --Sir. W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The commencement; the first period. [1913 Webster]
  • The childhood of our joy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'childhood'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Childhood'