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W is for Weathercock
The wind pushes on the side of the weathercock which makes it change direction with the wind. Weathercocks are found on roofs of older houses, church towers, and barns. The word can also be used to describe a person who often changes their opinion.
Something is weathered if it has been damaged by long-term exposure to the weather.
W is for Webbed feet
Animals with webbed feet include ducks, swans, geese, seagulls, platypuses, otters, turtles and many, many other birds and animals that can swim.
A website is a group of connected pages that people can visit on the internet. Websites may contain words, pictures, videos, sounds and links to other pages. Each website has its own web address, called a URL, which helps a web browser find it. Websites can belong to schools, businesses, governments, groups, or individuals.
When you type a website address or click a link, your browser asks a computer called a web server for the site's files and displays them on your screen. Some websites let people read news or learn, while others allow shopping, games, or communication. The first website went online in 1991.
When you type a website address or click a link, your browser asks a computer called a web server for the site's files and displays them on your screen. Some websites let people read news or learn, while others allow shopping, games, or communication. The first website went online in 1991.
A wedding is a kind of ceremony that joins two people together in marriage, which means they are going to live together as a couple for a long time afterwards. People getting married usually dress up in very nice clothes for the ceremony. They usually have all their family with them for a party afterwards.
When two people get married, the woman is called a bride and the man is called a groom.
When two people get married, the woman is called a bride and the man is called a groom.
A wedge is a triangular shaped piece of something where one end is very pointy and the opposite side is flat. Wedges are designed to be driven into places by hitting the flat end so the point is driven into a gap.
Wedges are commonly used for keeping doors open, or for driving into blocks of wood to help split them.
Wedges are commonly used for keeping doors open, or for driving into blocks of wood to help split them.
W is for Wedge tailed eagle
Wedge-tail eagles will also eat dead animals they find, and are commonly seen eating by the roadside eating kangaroos that have been hit by cars.
Weeds are plants growing where you do not want them. When people make a nice garden and plant flowers or vegetables in it, they do not want other plants that they did not plant there. Many weeds are prickly or thorny and do not look nice, which is why people do not want weeds in their gardens.
