Words that start with T

A trophy is something you are given when you win something like a competition. In war or when you are hunting, a trophy is something you take to prove your victory. In hunting, a trophy might be the head of an animal you killed, and in war it might be some possessions from the people you conquered.

A trough is a big, long, shallow bowl that is usually used for giving food or water to animals.
Troughs can also be filled with soil and used to grow plants in.

Trout refers to a number of species of related freshwater fish. They live in lakes and rivers, not the sea.
Trout are closely related to salmon.

A truck is a very large vehicle that is driven on roads. It is used to transport large amounts of goods over very long distances.

A trunk, also called a chest, blanket box or toy box depending on what it is used for, is a large box usually made out of wood that is used for storing things in. The most famous version of the trunk is the treasure chest, infamously used by pirates to bury their treasure in. The reason a car trunk has the name it does is because early cars used to have an actual trunk on the back, which gradually evolved to the trunk we know today.

A trunk is an adaptation of an elephant's nose and top lip, fused together. Elephants have very long trunks, and use them as a tool. They can use them to pick up tiny objects, to break down trees, to drink with, and to spray themselves with water or mud.

A t-shirt, tshirt, tee shirt or just a tee is a piece of clothing you wear on the top half of your body. T-shirts have short sleeves and are usually made from soft, stretchy cloth. T-shirts usually have some kind of picture printed on the front. T-shirts are usually worn with jeans, and are called casual clothing.

The tuba is the largest brass instrument. It is made from a very long tube of brass curled around, and like all brass instruments is played by buzzing your lips into the mouthpiece. Tubas have four levered valves that you work with your fingers that changes the length of the brass tube, and with it the note that the tuba plays.

You tuck something in when you either put it into a small place, for example "I tucked the ticket into my pocket" or by putting the loose ends of something away, for example "he tucked his shirt in".
The man in the picture is tucking his wife into bed because she is sick.

Tuesday is the second day of the week. The day before Tuesday is Monday and the day after Tuesday is Wednesday.