Words that start with T

Tree kangaroos are very distant relatives of the kangaroo. They have adapted to life in trees, eating leaves, fruit and bark. Tree kangaroos are endangered, and are only found in the rainforests in mountainous areas of far north-eastern Australia, New Guinea and some islands in the same area.

To trek is to travel somewhere, but slowly and with difficulty. The man in the picture is trekking through some mountains.

A trench is a long, narrow hole. Trenches are often dug to lay electrical cabling or water pipes.
'Trench' can also be used as a verb, as in "we need to trench from the street to the house".

extension A triangle is a shape with three sides. The triangle in the picture is orange.

Your triceps are muscles on the back of your upper arm. They are used to pull your elbow straight, when you push something away from you or doing push-ups, like the man in the picture.

A trickle is a thin stream of water. A trickle is slightly more than a drip but much less than a full stream of water. The tap in the picture has been turned down to a trickle.
A trickle is often used to describe a small amount of something passing by, as in "he was earning a trickle of money from his second job".

A trigger is a small device, usually found on a weapon like a gun that makes it fire. In general, a trigger is something that makes an event happen, for example "a heart attack was the trigger that made him change his lifestyle".

Trim is a kind of decoration, particularly around the edge of something.

The pillow in the photo is has lace trim.

A trivet is a small stand or pad placed under a hot cooking dish. It protects your table or counter from being damaged. Trivets may be made of metal, wood, cork, stone, or heat-resistant silicone. Some have legs, some are flat; trivets can be very decorative.

The word comes from an old word meaning "three feet" because early trivets often stood on three legs.

A troll is an ugly mythical creature that lives in a cave or under a bridge.