Words that start with B

A bench is a long seat that is designed for more than one person to sit on at once. Benches sometimes don't have a backrest. Benches are often seen in parks, or by bus stops.

Something is bent if it should have been straight but instead it has a sharp curve or angle in it. Bent can also be used to describe someone who is really set on doing something, as in "Bob was bent on getting a new car before Christmas".

A culinary berry is any small, edible fruit, such as strawberries or raspberries. True botanical berries are defined by how the fruit was formed, and neither strawberries or raspberries are true berries. True berries include blueberries, tomatoes, capsicums, cranberries and grapes. There are many other botanical berries that are not edible. All of these true berries have the fruit made from a single ovary with the seeds inside.

Beryl is a colorless mineral made up of beryllium aluminium cyclosilicate. It forms hexagonal crystals that can be very large. When beryl has impurities, it can have a coloured tint or be opaque. Coloured beryl has different names - green beryl is called emerald, pale blue beryl is called aquamarine and pink beryl is called morganite.

Something is best if nothing is better than it. When you win a competition, it means you are the best. The opposite of best is worst.