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childhood

child·hood [ chld hd ] (plural child·hoods)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody's earliest years: the state of being a child, or the period of somebody's life when he or she is a child
a happy childhood

2. early stage: an early period or stage in the development or existence of something
Interplanetary travel is still in its childhood.

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