Words that start with S

S is for Scythe

A scythe is a long-handled tool that is still used in some parts of the world to mow grass. Modern machinery is used today instead of scythes for the same job.
Today, the scythe is associated with death and the Grim Reaper.

Doug Kerr / CC BY-SA

S is for Sea

Waterways

The sea, or the ocean, covers most of the world. The sea is a very large amount of salty water, home to many fish. People go sailing on the sea in boats.

Peter Kaminski / CC BY-SA

S is for Sea cucumber

Echinoderms

A sea cucumber is a soft, cucumber-shaped sea animal with many small rows of bumps. It lives on the ocean floor, and moves around gathering food with its tentacles.

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S is for Sea slug

Molluscs

A sea slug is a soft, slow-moving animal that lives in the ocean and comes in a wide variety of colors and patterns. It lives in shallow water, and like land slugs, it doesn't have a shell like other molluscs.

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S is for Sea Sponge

Cnidarians

A sponge is an animal that lives in the sea whose body is made up of lots of holes. Most sea sponges have hard skeletons, and the holes are for filtering food out of the water and so they can breathe.
Some species of sponge have soft skeletons and people used to catch them to use them for cleaning and packaging, but there are now almost none left. Today, sponges found around the house are made by people, and are not animals caught in the sea.

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S is for Sea urchin (Creature)

Echinoderms, Spikey

Sea urchins are a small, round, spiny creature related to the starfish. They move very slowly on hundreds of small tentacle-like legs that use suction to stick to rocks. Their mouth is at the bottom of the sea urchin, and they eat algae as they move around.
Different kinds of sea urchin have different colours and different lengths of spines. The spines are hinged and can move around. Sea urchin shells don't have spines and look very different to a live sea urchin.

Eric Kilby / CC BY-SA

S is for Sea urchin (Shell)

Containers

The picture is of the internal skeleton of the sea urchin. They are like a hollow ball and you often find them washed up on the beach.

Denise Chan / CC BY-SA

S is for Seafood

Food

Seafood is a catch-all word for food that comes from the sea or other bodies of water. It includes fish, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and other water animals.

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S is for Seagull

Birds

Seagulls are very common birds that live near the sea. They have webbed feet so they can paddle in water. Gulls catch and eat fish and will also scavenge for dead fish and trash people have thrown away.
Seagulls are very common on rubbish dumps and garbage tips.

dynamosquito / CC BY-SA

S is for Seahorse

Fish

A seahorse is a type of small fish. They live around coral reefs and in seagrass. They eat tiny fish and other small sea creatures.
Male seahorses look after the babies. The female lays her eggs in a pouch on the male, and he looks after the eggs for several weeks until they hatch.

shellac / CC BY-SA

S is for Seal

Sea mammals

Seals are a large animal that spends most of its time in the sea. Seals eat fish, and come up onto the beach to rest and have baby seals. The closest land relative to the seal is the bear, and their closest relatives in the water are walruses.

Lawrence Murray / CC BY-SA

S is for Seam

List of sewing items

A seam is a long line of stitches that holds two pieces of fabric together. You can easily see seams down the sides of a garment like jeans.

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S is for Sear

Food preparation

Sear means to cook or char the surface of food so it becomes dark and crispy. Meat and seafood are often seared to improve flavor and texture.

Cayobo / CC BY-SA

Generated image of a man searching for something

S is for Search

Verbs

You search for something when you look for it very carefully.

Photographic Dictionary / Generated Illustration

S is for Searchlight

Lights

A searchlight is a powerful lamp that sends a narrow, bright beam of light over a long distance. It is usually mounted on a stand or vehicle and can be turned to point in different directions. Searchlights are used to find people or objects at night time.

Jamie von Sacken / CC BY-SA

S is for Seared

Adjectives, Past tense

Something is seared if it is slightly burnt on the outside, by cooking it at a high temperature.

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S is for Seat

Furniture

A seat is anything you can sit on, or a part of something you sit on, for example the seat of a chair.

If you want to invite someone to sit down, you might ask them to take a seat.

Les Chatfield / CC BY-SA

Generated image of a woman wearing a seatbelt

S is for Seat belt

Automotive

Seatbelts are found in cars and other vehicles. If you have an accident while you are driving, and you are wearing a seat belt, you will be held in your seat and will not be hurt as badly as if you were not wearing a seat belt.

Photographic Dictionary / Generated Illustration

S is for Seaweed

Plants

Seaweed is the common name for any very large kinds of algae that grow in the sea. Seaweed comes in all shapes and sizes, but the majority is long and thin and strap-like.
Some kinds of seaweed are edible, and can be used raw or cooked in soups or in sushi.

Mike Taylor / CC BY-SA

S is for Secateurs

Gardening, Tools

Secateurs, also called pruning shears, are a kind of scissor designed for cutting through the stems of plants. They have a different design to regular scissors to give them the extra strength needed to cut through wood.

Andrew Fogg / CC BY-SA