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- child's play/ˈtʃaɪldz pleɪ/A task or activity that is extremely easy to do.nounB2
- child-abuse register/ˈtʃaɪld əˌbjuːs ˈrɛdʒ.ɪ.stə/A formal, official list of individuals who have been found or suspected to have caused significant harm to a child, often maintained by statutory authorities.nounLow
- child-battering/ˈtʃaɪld ˌbætərɪŋ/The physical assault of a child, resulting in injury.nounLow
- child-bearing/ˈtʃaɪldˌbeər.ɪŋ/The act or process of giving birth to children.nounC1
- child-directed speech/ˈtʃaɪld dɪˌrɛktɪd ˈspiːtʃ/The simplified, exaggerated, and repetitive way adults speak to infants and young children.nounC1
- childbearing/ˈtʃaɪldbeərɪŋ/The act or process of giving birth to children.adjectivenounC1
- childbed/ˈtʃʌɪldbɛd/The condition of a woman giving birth; the state of being in labour and childbirth.nounC1
- childbed fever/ˈtʃaɪld.bɛd ˌfiː.və/A severe, often fatal, bacterial infection following childbirth, typically affecting the uterus.nounRare / Historical
- childbirth/ˈʧaɪld.bɜːθ/The action or process of giving birth to a child.nounB2
- childcare/ˈtʃaɪldkeə/The care and supervision of a child or children, typically provided by someone other than the parents, especially while the parents are at work.adjectivenounB1
- childe/tʃaɪld/A archaic or poetic term for a youth of noble birth, especially a young candidate for knighthood.nounRare / Archaic / Literary
- childe harold's pilgrimage/ˌtʃaɪld ˈhærəldz ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ/The title of a long narrative poem by Lord Byron, published between 1812 and 1818.nounLow
- childe roland to the dark tower came/ˌtʃaɪld ˈrəʊlənd tə ðə ˌdɑːk ˈtaʊə keɪm/The title of a narrative poem by Robert Browning, recounting a knight's final, perilous quest to a mysterious dark tower.nounC2
- childermas/ˈtʃɪldəməs/A now-rare historical church feast day commemorating the massacre of the Holy Innocents (young children killed by Herod).nounVery low / Obsolete
- childers/ˈtʃɪldəz/A now largely obsolete or dialectal plural of 'child', meaning 'children'.nounVery Rare / Archaic
- childhood/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/The period of a person's life from birth to adolescence.nounC1 (High frequency; common in both general and descriptive contexts)
- childminder/ˈtʃaɪldmaɪndə(r)/A person who is paid to look after young children in their own home, often on a regular basis while the parents work.nounB2
- childness/ˈtʃaɪldnəs/The state or quality of being a child; childhood.nounVery Low
- childproof/ˈtʃaɪldpruːf/Designed to prevent children from opening, using, or being harmed by something.adjectiveverb-transitiveMedium
- childrearing/ˈtʃaɪldˌrɪər.ɪŋ/The process of raising and caring for children, especially in terms of their physical, emotional, and intellectual development.adjectivenounC1/C2
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