Words that start with W

Wading is walking through water. Usually you wade through shallow water that is less than waist deep. Any deeper and it would be easier to swim.

A waffle iron is a special device that makes waffles. It has two hot surfaces that cook the top and bottom of the waffle at the same time, and a pattern in the waffle iron surface that makes waffles look so distinctively like waffles.

lan A wagon is a heavy vehicle with 4 wheels that used to be pulled by a team of horses or oxen to move large loads around. Today, wagons are usually used on farms and pulled by tractors.
In some countries the separate parts of a train that are used to carry goods are called wagons.

A waistcoat is a kind of jacket with no sleeves. Waistcoats can be made from ordinary fabric and buttoned up like in the picture, or knitted.

A waiter is a male person who waits on tables in a restaurant, serving customer's food and drinks and clearing tables when they are finished.

A group of vultures is called a wake.

extension When you walk, you don't go very fast. You always have one foot on the ground. People normally walk around unless they are in a hurry, when they run.

A wallaby is a name given to any small kangaroo. Both wallabies and kangaroos are from Australia. They can survive in very dry climates, and hop along on their back legs using their tail as a balance.

A wallflower is a flowering plant with narrow, pointed leaves and clusters of small, four-petaled flowers. Their flowers may be yellow, orange, red, pink, or purple, and many wallflowers have a sweet smell. The plant is usually a biennial or short-lived perennial, meaning it grows for one or two years.

Wallflowers originally come mainly from Europe and western Asia. They often grow in cracks in stone walls, rocks, and other dry places, which gives them their name.

Walnuts are the seeds of a large tree that is also grown for its wood. The most common walnut tree is originally from Iran (Persia). Walnuts can be eaten raw or used in cooking, especially in fruit cakes and sweet desserts.