Words that start with B

Bright blue birds bite bruised bananas.

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You are bald if you have little or no hair on your head. Some men go bald as they get older, but other people shave off their hair to become bald. The man in the picture is bald, but his dog certainly is not!
A bale is a large bundle of something, usually tightly packed into a regular shape and held together with string. Hay and straw are the two most common items that is packed into bales, but wool and recyclables like cardboard can also be packed into bales.
A group of turtles is called a bale.
A ball is a large, formal social gathering where people would eat a good meal, and then dance socially. They were typically for the upper classes, and people would dress up in their best, most expensive clothes for the ball. Balls used to be a way for people to meet each other.

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A ball is a round object. A person might play with a ball by bouncing it, rolling it, kicking it, hitting it, or throwing it. Some kinds of sports that use balls are soccer, baseball, tennis, and basketball. You might break a window if you throw a ball at it.
A ballerina is a girl or woman who dances ballet on stage for a living.

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Ballet is a special kind of dance that was originally from France. Ballet has a lot of technical movements with their own names, like pirouette and battement. Ballet is usually danced to classical music.

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A ballon is a small rubber bag that you can fill up with air or helium. Balloons stretch, and can get quite big when they are blown up. Balloons you fill by blowing them up are very common at parties. Helium balloons go up if you let them go, and are fun to play with. Ordinary balloons go down if you let them go, not up.

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Balmy describes pleasantly warm weather. If it's a good day to go to the beach, the weather is balmy.
A balustrade is a kind of fence that usually surrounds stairs or a balcony. A balustrade is made up of a horizontal rail and vertical balusters. Balusters are usually quite decorative.