childhood
- noun
- A2
- Top 3000
The part of a person's life when they are still a child.
He rarely talks about his childhood, even with close friends.
Reading aloud in childhood helped her become a confident speaker.
The museum shows what childhood looked like a hundred years ago.
A broken arm in childhood still bothers him in cold weather.
Common collocations: a happy childhood · early childhood · childhood memories · a childhood friend · spend your childhood · since childhood
Part of: Life events, Family, Frequency and duration
Forms
- plural
- childhoods