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B is for Bustle

A bustle is gathered fabric at the rear end of a dress, which accentuates the shape of the dress.

B is for Busy

Someone is busy if they are doing something. A place might be busy if there is a lot of things happening there, or many people there. A pattern is busy if it has a lot of confusing detail.

B is for Butcher

A butcher is someone who cuts dead animals up into small pieces that are suitable to make into meals, and then sells them. Some butchers kill the animals and prepare them too.

B is for Butt

The butt of something is one end of something, usually the blunt, wider end. A butt is also the remainder of something, like a cigarette butt.
Butt can also be a slang word for your buttocks.

B is for Butter

Butter is made from churning cream, which breaks up the fat in the cream and allows it to separate out from the rest of the cream. Butter is mostly milk fat, and is usually a very pale yellow colour.
Butter is used in making cakes and pastries, and is delicious spread on bread, toast and scones.
A butter knife is a small table knife with a short, blunt blade. It is used to spread butter and other spreads like jam or peanut butter on bread.

B is for Butterfly

Butterflies are a kind of insect that changes completely as it goes through its life. A butterfly starts as an egg, which hatches into a caterpillar. Caterpillars spend all of their time eating leaves from their favourite plants.
When they are old enough, caterpillars spin a cocoon and while they are asleep inside it, they change into a butterfly. Butterflies eat nectar from flowers, and live for a much, much shorter time than caterpillars.
The butternut squash or butternut pumpkin can be eaten roasted, mashed, or made into soup. It is a quite small, sweet, mild variety of squash.

B is for Button

A button is a small, usually flat object that you use to keep your clothes shut. Buttons can be made of wood, metal shell or plastic. There is usually some holes through the button or a loop under the button so they can be stitched to your clothes. You fasten a button by passing it through a matching hole.

B is for Buttress

A buttress is a structure built against a wall, at right angles to it, that thickens and supports the wall. They were commonly used when building large churches.
The flying buttress is a type of buttress set away from the wall it supports, supporting the wall by an arch between it and the wall.

B is for Buy

You buy something when you give someone else some money in exchange for it. The man in the picture is in a shop buying some goods.
The opposite of buy is sell. The past tense of buy is bought.

B is for Buzz

A buzz is a kind of sharp humming sound, like the noise of a bee or some kinds of machinery.

B is for Buzzard

Buzzards are a family of medium-sized birds of prey with broad wings in the hawk family.

In North America, a buzzard is a common name for turkey vultures.

B is for By

By might mean near, as in "she was sitting by the lake".

It might also be used to indicate who did something, for example "this book was written by my brother".

B is for Bye

Bye is a shortened form of goodbye, which you say to someone when you are leaving them.
Bouganvilleas are woody, climbing vines covered in thorns. They have spectacular flowers in shades of purple. Bouganvilleas are native to south America. They do not tolerate frost.
What looks like their flowers are not actually flowers, but colored leaves, with the true flower being the small structure in the center.