Words that start with P

Pottery is anything made from clay, usually by hand. Pottery includes pots, plates, vases and sculptures. Pottery is also what you do when you make pots, the art of pottery.

A pouch is a type of small bag that opens at the top. Pouches are often a shape that has a rounded bottom. Some animals, called marsupials have pouches.

The word pound can have several meanings. It could mean to hit something hard, many times, for example "he pounded the meat to tenderize it". It could mean a unit of British money, equaling 100 pence. It might also mean a unit of weight, abbreviated to lb, equalling 0.453kg, or 0.373kg for precious metals. The picture is of a pound of flour.

You pout when you put your lips out, sometimes because you are being sullen, and sometimes because you are posing. Someone who is pouting a bit too much when they are posing is said to have a duck face.

Powder is made when you grind up something into very very small pieces. Powder feels soft to touch. Flour and many spices are a powder, while something like sand is too coarse to be called a powder.