| amputate |
to cut off, especially by surgery. |
| annual ring |
one of the rings of wood on the inside of a tree that can be seen when the tree is cut into logs. Each ring represents a year of growth. |
| bacon |
Bacon is salted and smoked meat taken from the back and side of the pig. Bacon is usually cut into long, thin pieces for cooking. |
| balsam fir |
a tree of the pine family, native to Canada and the northeastern United States. It is an evergreen tree and is cut for lumber and Christmas trees. |
| bandage |
A bandage is a piece of cloth used to cover a cut. [1/2 definitions] |
| bangs |
a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead. |
| beauty parlor |
"Beauty parlor" is another word for "beauty salon." A beauty salon is a place where people can get their hair cut and styled. In some beauty salons, people can also get treatments for their nails and for their face to make these things look and feel nice. The customers at a beauty salon are usually women. |
| beauty salon |
A beauty salon is a place where people can get their hair cut and styled. In some beauty salons, people can also get treatments for their nails and for their face to make these things look and feel nice. The customers at a beauty salon are usually women. |
| beaver1 |
a large rodent, up to four feet long, with thick brown fur and a wide flat tail. Beavers use their long front teeth to cut down trees for food and to build dams and lodges (beaver houses). They use the dams to keep water around their lodges. Beavers live in North America, Europe, and Asia. |
| behead |
to cut off the head of. |
| bisect |
to cut or split into two equal parts. [2 definitions] |
| bite |
to cut or pierce with the teeth. [1/10 definitions] |
| board |
a flat, cut piece of wood; plank. [1/8 definitions] |
| bob2 |
to cut very short. [1/4 definitions] |
| bologna |
Bologna is something made of meat, spices, and salt. People often eat round slices of bologna in a sandwich. Bologna is really a big, fat sausage, but when we see it in a store, it is usually already cut into slices. |
| bouquet |
A bouquet is a bunch of cut flowers that have been chosen to go together. A bouquet is often given as a gift. You can hold a bouquet in your hand and carry it, or you can put the flowers in water in a vase. A bride often carries a beautiful bouquet at her wedding. |
| brownout |
a cut or reduction of electrical power in a neighborhood or city. |
| bulb |
Many plants grow from seeds, but some plants grow from something called bulbs instead. A bulb is a small round thing that grows out of part of a plant under the ground. From this bulb, a new plant starts to grow under the ground near the first one. Sometimes people cut off bulbs from plants and put these bulbs in the ground in some other place to grow. Some flowers, such as tulips, grow from bulbs. [1/2 definitions] |
| butcher |
someone in the business of selling meat. [1/3 definitions] |
| carve |
to slice or cut into pieces. [1/2 definitions] |
| chip1 |
a small piece broken, cut, or chopped off of a hard material. [1/6 definitions] |