Words that start with T

Photo of toast with a thick coating of spread

Tis forThick

Something is thick if it is a larger than normal distance from one side to another. Things like slices of bread are often described as thick. The picture is of some toast with a thick layer of chocolate flavored spread on it. The opposite of thick is thin or sparse.

Sizes

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Tis forThigh

Your thigh is the thickest part of your leg, above your knees. Not to be confused with Thai.

Body parts

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Tis forThimble

A thimble is something you use to cover the ends of your fingers or your thumb so you don't hurt yourself while you are sewing.

Sewing

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Tis forThin

Something is thin if there is a very short distance from one side of it to the other. For example, thin ice is ice that would not be strong enough to stand on. The bird in the picture has very thin legs. Another word for thin is skinny. The opposite of thin is fat or thick.

Sizes

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Tis forThink

You think when you make words and pictures happen inside your head. You might think about nothing in particular, or you might think about how to solve a problem.

The mind

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Tis forThird

Third comes after second, being the number three time something happens. You might come third place in a race, be third in line, or be like the little girl in the picture, having a third birthday party. See also thirds.

Adjectives, Ordinal numbers

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Tis forThirds

This stone has broken into thirds. This means it has been cut into three equal sized pieces. See also third.

Maths

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Tis forThirsty

You are thirsty when you need to have a drink. When you are thirsty your mouth gets dry and you may also get cracked lips and a headache if you go too long without drinking.

Adjectives

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Tis forThis

This is a way of indicating the current thing you are talking about. For example, you might say "this is my hat" or "should I wear this?".

Pronouns

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Tis forThistle

Thistles are any plants, usually weeds, that have thorny leaves. Thistles often have thorns all over them, on the stems and flowers too. The thistle in the picture is the national flower of Scotland, scientific name onopordum acanthium.

Plants