TOY


Meaning of TOY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tɔɪ ]

( toys, toying, toyed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A toy is an object that children play with, for example a doll or a model car.

He was really too old for children’s toys.

...a toy telephone.

N-COUNT

see also soft toy

2.

You can refer to objects that adults use for fun rather than for a serious purpose as toys .

Computers have become household toys.

N-COUNT : oft supp N

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