boyhood

«boyhood» in Mova's school dictionary: a boy, from birth until he becomes a young man — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (boyhood, usually uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The time in a person's life when he is a boy, from birth until he becomes a young man. tree →

2) The state of being a boy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and stories, writers describe a famous man's boyhood: where he grew up and what he did. Phrases: boyhood home, boyhood dream, boyhood friend.

examples

• He spent his boyhood on a farm. tree →
• Dad still talks about his boyhood in Belfast. tree →
• Becoming a pilot was his boyhood dream. tree →
• We visited Mark Twain's boyhood home. tree →
• They had been friends since boyhood. tree →
• In his boyhood he had already started on a journey, for his desire was to see foreign lands and strange people. tree →

note

Usually uncountable. Compare girlhood, childhood. «-hood» means a time or state, as in childhood, adulthood.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «boyhood» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.