Words that start with L

A loop is made by taking something long and thin and bending it over so it encloses a space in the middle. A loop might cross over itself or just curve around.
The bag handles in the photo are all made out of loops. When you tie your shoelaces you make two big loops in the knot.

You lop something when you cut it off. You usually lop branches off trees.

Loquat is a kind of small, sweet orange or yellow fruit. People will eat loquats fresh, or make jam out of them.

A lory is a type of brightly colored medium sized parrot that lives on a number of islands in the tropics. Lories mainly eat nectar and fruit.

Lost is the past tense of lose. If you do not know where you are, you are . If you do not know where something is, it is lost. The person in the picture is lost in the woods.
The opposite of lost is found.

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Louisiana, abbreviated to LA, is a state in the south of the United States of America. The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge and the largest city in Louisiana is New Orleans.

When you really, really like someone or something, you love them. Some people will do almost anything for someone or something they love. Love can be a powerful force that can override other emotions and common sense. Love is what keeps married couples together for a long, long time.

Luck is when something good or bad happens by chance.

People usually say they are lucky when something good happens to them.

A lump can mean more than one thing. A lump can be a raised bump on something else. The person in the picture has some lumps on their arm.
A lump is also a piece of something that has an irregular shape, such as a lump of coal.

A lunchbox, sometimes called a bento box, is a container you put sandwiches in to take them to school to eat for lunch. You can pack anything you like in a lunchbox, like apples, cake or nuts.