1. plural of boyhood; the periods of time when males are boys

Examples

• Their boyhoods were spent playing in the same neighborhood.
• The two friends often reminisced about their boyhoods together.
• Many men look back fondly on their boyhoods.
• The author wrote about the boyhoods of several characters.
• Their boyhoods were marked by adventure and discovery.
• The museum exhibit featured artifacts from American boyhoods of the 1950s.