Words that start with G

A gift, or present, is something you give to someone else, usually for a birthday or Christmas. At Christmas time, the gifts are usually put under the Christmas tree. Gifts are usually wrapped up in pretty paper.

Gigantic is another word for huge.

Gills are what creatures that live in water use to breathe. Fish gills are easy to see, between their head and their side fins. Other creatures have less obvious gills, that look like fine, tufty growths.

Gin is a strong alcoholic drink that is flavored by juniper berries. It is most commonly drank mixed, rather than on its own.

A gingerbread man is a ginger-flavoured cookie or biscuit in the shape of a person. You can make almost any shape from gingerbread but people are the most popular. The features and things like buttons are either drawn on the gingerbread men with icing, gumdrops or raisins or pressed into the surface of the cookie.