Words that start with T

Tis forTreasure

Treasure is something very valuable that people keep stored away. Treasure might be a collection of gold coins, artwork, precious jewels or just money.

Financial

Thomas & Dianne Jones / CC BY-SA

Tis forTree

Trees are large plants, usually with a trunk and branches with eaves at the end of the branches. Most trees have flowers in spring, the main exception is the pine tree which grows pine cones instead.

Plants

Tim Green / CC BY-SA

The name 'tree fern' can be used to describe any fern that grows a kind of trunk. Most plants that are known as tree ferns are in the dicksoniaceae and cyatheaceae families. Tree ferns are found in tropical areas and rainforests all over the world.

Plants

Roselle Kingsbury / CC BY-SA

Tis forTree Kangaroo

Scientific name: dendrolagus ursinus

Tree kangaroos are very distant relatives of the kangaroo. They have adapted to life in trees, eating leaves, fruit and bark. Tree kangaroos are endangered, and are only found in the rainforests in mountainous areas of far north-eastern Australia, New Guinea and some islands in the same area.

Marsupials, Australian

Chris Gladis / CC BY-SA

Tis forTreehouse

A tree house is a kind of cubby house (or Wendyhouse) that is built up a tree. Treehouses are usually just big enough for two or three children.

Structures

Photo of a man trekking through the mountains

McKay Savage / CC BY-SA

Tis forTrek

To trek is to travel somewhere, but slowly and with difficulty. The man in the picture is trekking through some mountains.

Verbs, Journeys

John Haslam / CC BY-SA

Tis forTrellis

A trellis is a grid usually made from wood. It is designed as a frame for plants like vines to grow on. The cat in the picture has climbed up the trellis.

Structures, Gardening

Bart Everson / CC BY-SA

Tis forTrench

A trench is a long, narrow hole. Trenches are often dug to lay electrical cabling or water pipes. 'Trench' can also be used as a verb, as in "we need to trench from the street to the house".

Holes