Words that start with M

A mound is a raised part of the ground that is larger than a pile of dirt but smaller than a hill. Mounds can be naturally occurring, but most of the time mounds are made by people piling up some dirt. Burial mounds were used by some civilizations to mark the place of a grave.
Mounds can also be used to describe a large pile of something that isn't dirt. For example, you might have a mound of paperwork or a mound of laundry.

Mountains are very big hills, and are usually steep and rocky. Some mountains are so high they have snow on the top.

Mice are very small animals that are often found in houses. They are a pest, and eat stored food. Cats, snakes and many other animals eat mice. Some people keep mice as pets. The plural of mouse is mice.

Mousetraps are small devices designed to catch mice. There are many different designs of traps, but all rely on using some kind of bait and a trigger mechanism that causes something to move very quickly and either catch or kill the mouse.
Larger versions of mousetraps are available for catching rats.

A moustache is the hair that grows on the top lip of an adult man or animal. The hair that grows on your chin is called a beard.

You move when you go from one place to another. You can also move a part of yourself like your arm, or pick something else up and move it.

The people in the picture are moving on bicycles.

You mow grass by cutting it down close to the ground. Most people mow their lawns with a lawnmower, but other grass crops such as wheat are also mown at harvest time.

Mozzarella is an Italian cheese that is white, soft, and chewy with a mild flavor.

Muffins are small portions of bread or cake, baked in a distinctive shape. They are usually made of cornmeal in the United States, or wheat flour elsewhere.
English muffins are very different to the apple muffins in the photo.
Muffins are often flavoured with something else. The most common are chocolate muffins, blueberry muffins and choc chip muffins, but people have come up with almost every combination imaginable, from cinnamon to peach to banana muffins. Which varieties have you tried?

Mulberries are a small deciduous tree that likes temperate to tropical climates. Most varieties have black fruit that is red when it is underripe, but some have white fruit that is green when it isn't ripe yet.
Mulberries can be eaten fresh or used to make jam or pies. Black mulberries are the only plant that the silkworm eats.