(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an object that children play with, for example a doll or a model car.
He was really too old for children’s ~s.
...a ~ telephone.
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see also soft ~
2.
You can refer to objects that adults use for fun rather than for a serious purpose as ~s.
Computers have become household ~s.
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