Words that start with M

Mangroves are a kind of tree that grow along with other plants as mangals. Mangroves grow in the area where the tide flows through them, so they spend some of their time under water and some of their time dry. Many sea creatures live among the mangroves's roots, and mangroves are particularly important as a safe place for baby sea creatures when they are still very young.

Mankind is a word used to describe all of the people of the world.

A mannequin, or dummy, is a life-size model of a person that is usually used in shop windows to show clothes that are for sale. Some mannequins are extremely lifelike, some like in the picture are obviously just models. Other mannequins are missing heads, arms, or legs depending on what kind of clothing they are trying to sell.

Manure is any organic matter used for improving the soil. It can be pure animal dung (usually from farm animals), animal dung mixed with straw bedding, or pure vegetable matter.
Manure can be spread straight onto the fields where it is needed, or rotted down first into compost before being used.

Many means you have a large number of something. The man in the picture has many kittens.

Maples are a group of deciduous trees and shrubs. They are very pretty trees, and are grown in gardens as a decorative tree or shrub, and are also used for bonsai.
One type of maple, the sugar maple, has sweet sap that can be boiled to make maple syrup. It takes about 40 litres of sugar maple sap to make a litre of syrup.

Maracas have a handle you hold and a bulb at the end that is full of seeds or something else small and hard. When you shake them, the seeds hit the side of the bulb and it makes a distinctive noise. Maracas can be made of wood, leather, metal or plastic. They sound different depending on what they are made out of.
Maracas that are made especially for a baby, usually out of plastic, tend to be called a rattle.

Marble is limestone that has been changed from a sedimentary rock to a crystalline one through high pressures under the surface of the Earth. Marble is much stronger than limestone, and can be polished to a shiny finish. It is frequently used for making statues from, and for making decorative features in buildings like floors and pillars from.

March is the third month of the year. It has 31 days. The next month of the year is April. In the northern hemisphere March is part of spring, and in the southern hemisphere it is part of autumn.

A mare is a female horse. A male horse is called a stallion and a baby horse is called a foal.