Words that start with T

Tis forTrash can

A trash can is somewhere you put your trash so it can be taken to the tip. Trash cans are sometimes called bins or if they are inside they are sometimes calle wastepaper baskets.

Containers, Compound words

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Tis forTravel

You travel when you move from one place to another. You can travel in any way, by walking, riding a bike or by driving a car like you see in the picture.

Verbs, Travel

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Tis forTray

A tray is a flat, shallow dish that is usually used for serving food. Trays often have handles, and can be made of metal, ceramic, plastic or wood. Another common kind of tray is a baking tray, which are made of metal and are used for cooking food on.

List of kitchen items

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Tis forTreacle

Treacle is any thick liquid made during the sugar refining process. Pale treacle is called golden syrup and very dark treacle is called molasses.

Food

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Tis forTread

You tread when you put your foot down onto something, usually while you are walking. Tread might refer to other things like the pattern on a tyre or the bottom of your shoe.

Verbs

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Tis forTreadmill

A treadmill is a machine that lets you run or walk without going anywhere. Most people today use treadmills for exercise indoors. A long time ago, treadmills would have been used to power machinery.

List of fitness words

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Tis forTreasure

Treasure is something very valuable that people keep stored away. Treasure might be a collection of gold coins, artwork, precious jewels or just money.

Financial

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Tis forTree

Trees are large plants, usually with a trunk and branches with eaves at the end of the branches. Most trees have flowers in spring, the main exception is the pine tree which grows pine cones instead.

Plants

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Tis forTree fern

Scientific name: order: cyatheales

The name 'tree fern' can be used to describe any fern that grows a kind of trunk. Most plants that are known as tree ferns are in the dicksoniaceae and cyatheaceae families. Tree ferns are found in tropical areas and rainforests all over the world.

Plants

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Tis forTree Kangaroo

Scientific name: dendrolagus ursinus

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.

Marsupials, Australian animals