Library / English Dictionary

BOYHOOD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The childhood of a boy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("boyhood" is a kind of...):

childhood (the time of person's life when they are a child)

Derivation:

boy (a youthful male person)

Credits

 Context examples: 

It was as if the tranquil sanctuary of my boyhood had been sacked before my face, and its peace and honour given to the winds.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)