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| kernel |
A kernel is one small grain of wheat, corn, or other similar plant. If you make popcorn at home, you start with the dried kernels of corn. You heat the kernels until they pop open. |
| popcorn |
Popcorn is something we eat as a snack. Popcorn is made from certain kinds of corn. The hard pieces of corn are heated until they get very hot and break open. When they break open, they make a popping sound. Popcorn is fun to eat, but it's fun to make too. |
| snack |
a type of food for informal eating between meals, such as crackers, chips, or popcorn. [1/3 definitions] |
| some |
If there are twenty kids in your class and some of them are your friends, it means that a part of the class are your friends. If your brothers are having popcorn and they give you some, it means that they give you part of the popcorn that they are having. [1/5 definitions] |
| trick-or-treat |
When you trick-or-treat, you do a certain special thing on the holiday of Halloween. You put on a costume in the evening and go to different neighbors' houses. At each house, you knock on the door. When a friendly neighbor opens the door, you say in a loud voice, "Trick or treat!" Then the neighbor usually smiles at you in your costume and gives you a treat, such as candy, popcorn, or fruit. |
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