Words that start with M

A mannequin, or dummy, is a life-size model of a person that is usually used in shop windows to show clothes that are for sale. Some mannequins are extremely lifelike, some like in the picture are obviously just models. Other mannequins are missing heads, arms, or legs depending on what kind of clothing they are trying to sell.

Manure is any organic matter used for improving the soil. It can be pure animal dung (usually from farm animals), animal dung mixed with straw bedding, or pure vegetable matter. Manure can be spread straight onto the fields where it is needed, or rotted down first into compost before being used.

Many means you have a large number of something. The man in the picture has many kittens.

Maples are a group of deciduous trees and shrubs. They are very pretty trees, and are grown in gardens as a decorative tree or shrub, and are also used for bonsai. One type of maple, the sugar maple, has sweet sap that can be boiled to make maple syrup. It takes about 40 litres of sugar maple sap to make a litre of syrup.

Maracas have a handle you hold and a bulb at the end that is full of seeds or something else small and hard. When you shake them, the seeds hit the side of the bulb and it makes a distinctive noise. Maracas can be made of wood, leather, metal or plastic. They sound different depending on what they are made out of. Maracas that are made especially for a baby, usually out of plastic, tend to be called a rattle.