Words that start with S

Six slippery snakes sailed southward on a silver ship to Sydney.

Sis forStove

A stove is a hot surface for cooking on, usually found inside a kitchen, near an oven. Stoves have places to put pots and pans, with different sized heat sources for small and large pans. Stoves can be heated by a wood fire, gas burners, or various types of elements powered by electricity.

Sis forStraight

Something is straight if it has no bends, curves or corners in it. The road in the picture is long and straight.

Sis forStrait

A strait is a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water.

Sis forStrand

A strand is a single piece of some kind of fiber, like a strand of hair. Strand also means to leave something or someone where they are helpless, as in "they were stranded on a desert island".

Sis forStrange

Something is strange if it is unusual and not what you would normally expect. The picture is of a very strange looking cherry. The opposite of strange is normal or ordinary.

Sis forStranger

A stranger is someone that you do not know or have never met before. The opposite of a stranger is a friend.

Sis forStrap

A strap is a long, thin, flexible strip of something. Straps are usually used for something, like a support to help hold something like a bag or a guitar, or to attach something to something else, like the strap of a watch.

Sis forStraw

Straw is a waste product from growing grains like wheat. It is the dried stalks of the plants after the seed heads have been cut off at harvest time. Straw is used for animal bedding, mulching gardens, as thatched rooves, making hats, and as a poor-quality animal feed. Hay is similar to straw but is a better quality animal feed.
Scientific name: fragaria ananassa
The strawberry is the fruit of a small, low growing plant. Strawberries are red and very sweet. They are unusual because their seeds are on the outside, and most fruits have seeds on the inside. Strawberries are related to roses.

Sis forStray

A stray animal is any domestic animal that is wandering around with no owner. In the city stray animals are usually cats or dog but larger animals like cows can also go astray.