New American Oxford Dictionary
lovemaking
love mak ing |ˈləvˌmākiNG ˈləvˌmeɪkɪŋ | ▶noun sexual activity between lovers, esp. sexual intercourse. • archaic courtship.
Oxford Dictionary
lovemaking
love |mak ¦ing |ˈlʌvmeɪkɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 sexual activity, especially sexual intercourse. 2 archaic courtship.
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lovemaking
lovemaking noun sexual intercourse, sex, intercourse, making love, sexual relations, sex act, act of love, intimate relations, intimacy, sexual union, coupling, sexual congress, congress, mating, going to bed with someone, sleeping with someone; informal it, the other, nooky, rumpy pumpy; Brit. informal bonking, how's your father; vulgar slang fucking, screwing; Brit. vulgar slang shagging; formal coitus, coition, copulation; formal fornication; archaic carnal knowledge.