Words that start with B

Photo of a woman wearing a silver brooch

Bis forBrooch

A brooch is a piece of jewelry that is designed to be attached to your clothes. Brooches are usually worn on your chest, off to one side. They are usually made from metal, particularly the clip that attaches to the clothing, with decorations on the brooch that can be made from virtually anything.

Jewelry

Photo by Rick Bennett

Bis forBrood

A brood is a group of offspring. The hen in the picture has a brood of baby chicks.

Collective

Photo by Miles Wolstenholme

Bis forBrook

A brook is a very small, running stream of fresh water. Brooks often come from a spring.

Waterways

Photo by Egan Snow

Bis forBroom

A broom is a brush on the end of a long stick that is used for sweeping loose dirt off a floor. Brooms do not work very well on carpeted floors so most people use vacuum cleaners instead.

Tools

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Bis forBroth

A broth is a very thin kind of soup. Broths are very similar to stocks, but traditionally a stock has all the meat and vegetables removed, while a broth still has some left.

Food

Photo by David Kessler

Bis forBrother

Your brother is a boy who has the same mother or father as you do.

Male, Family

Photo by istolethetv

Bis forBrow

Your brow is the ridge over your eyes that protects them from sun, sweat and dust. The hair that grows there is called the eyebrow.

Body parts

Photo by Paul Reynolds

Bis forBrown

Many animals are brown, and dirt is brown. The colour brown can be made by mixing a few other colours of paint together without thinking, you'll usually get brown this way! The horse in the picture is brown.

Colors

Photo by Yuri Long

Bis forBrowned

Something is browned if it develops a brownish tint as it is baked. Browning is the very first stages of something being burnt, and usually means that the food is just cooked enough.

Food prep, Adjectives

Photo by hhhalberto

Bis forBrowse

An animal is browsing if they are eating leaves above the ground, rather than grazing on grass or plants near the ground. Someone who is just looking at things before they buy them is also browsing.