Words that start with M

A moat is a trench dug around a structure like a castle to stop people from getting in. Moats may be dry, or filled with water.

A mobile phone, cell phone or just a mobile, is a type of telephone that doesn't need to be plugged into a phone jack. They are small, and can fit into your pocket and carried anywhere. Mobiles can be used to communicate via talking or sending pictures, text or video to anywhere in the world. Today, almost everyone has a mobile phone.

The mockingbird is a medium-sized songbird with gray/brown feathers and a long tail. It is found across many parts of North and South America. They forage on the ground for insects and other small food.

Mockingbirds are known for copying the sounds of other birds.

Your molar teeth are the large teeth in the back of your mouth that help you chew food. They are wider and flatter than your other teeth.

A mold is a hollow form. When you fill up a mold with something like molten metal or plaster, let it set and then remove the mold, you have a solid shape that matches the shape of the inside of the mold.
Mold is also an alternative spelling for mould.
The mold in the picture is for a an octopus.

Molluscs are an extremely diverse group of creatures that includes the octopus, squid, snails and clams. Molluscs don't have skeletons. Only some molluscs have shells.

Something is molten if it has been melted by heat. Molten is usually used to describe hot, liquid metals.

Money is something you can carry around with you and exchange for goods and services. You can use money to buy food, or a car, or a house. Money that you can carry around with you can be either notes or coins. Notes and coins have the amount they are worth and the country they are useable in written on them.

Mongooses are a small animal that live in southern Asia, Africa, and southern Europe. They eat insects, crabs, worms, lizards, snakes, chickens, and rodents. They will also eat eggs and dead animals they find.

A computer monitor is a device that is used for displaying information from a computer. Modern monitors tend to be quite wide, and also quite thin from front-to-back, so they take up less space on your desk.