Words that start with H

His forHive

A beehive is a place a large group of bees lives and makes honey. People make beehives for the bees so it is easier to get the honey out. In the wild, bees make their hives in hollow parts of trees.

List of structures

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His forHobby

A hobby is something that people do for fun rather than as their main job for money. Hobbies are often creative, like making quilts or gardening.

Hobbies

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His forHobby horse

A hobby horse is a kind of toy. It is a stick with a horse's head on one end.

Toys & games

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His forHock

An animal's hock is the equivalent joint to our ankle. It is found half-way up their hind legs.

Body parts

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Hockey is a very old sport where two teams try and get a puck into the other side's goal, using curved sticks. Hockey played on grass is called field hockey and hockey played on ice is called ice hockey.

Sports

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His forHoe

A hoe is a tool used for moving soil around. Hoes are typically used for tilling ground before planting out crops.

Tools, Gardening

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His forHog

A hog is another name for a pig, boar or other kinds of swine. It also means to take more than your fair share and not let others have anything, for example "he is hogging all the apple pie!"

Mammals

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His forHold

You hold something when it is securely in your hands. You might also hold something by supporting it, for example "that post is holding the roof up".

Verbs