| burger |
a sandwich made with cooked ground beef that has been made into a flat, round shape, or the flat, round patty of ground meat itself. [1/2 definitions] |
| burrow |
A burrow is a hole that certain animals dig in the ground and use as a home or hiding place. |
| bury |
to cover in the ground with dirt. [1/2 definitions] |
| bush1 |
A bush is a plant that grows outside and has many small branches. A bush is smaller than a tree and grows close to the ground. There are many kinds of bushes. |
| cellar |
A cellar is a room that is built under the ground. People use a cellar for storing things. |
| cemetery |
A cemetery is a place where the bodies of dead people are put in the ground. |
| chili |
a dish like a thick soup made with red beans, ground meat, onion, and tomato sauce, and flavored with a spice made from chilies. [1/2 definitions] |
| chipmunk |
A chipmunk is a small, furry animal with stripes on its face and back. It has a bushy tail, and it is like a squirrel in many ways. It is smaller than a squirrel, though. Chipmunks eat nuts, seeds, berries, and insects. They make holes in the ground for sleeping and for storing food. Chipmunks live in North America and Asia. |
| chocolate |
a food substance that is made from ground cacao seeds. Chocolate is not sweet, but it is often used in candy and other sweet foods. It is also used in making certain kinds of sauces. [2/6 definitions] |
| cicada |
Cicadas are large insects with wings. Cicadas spend many years living in the ground when they are very young. Finally they come out of the ground in large groups and become adults. Male cicadas make a kind of humming sound that gets very loud and then fades away. The sound is a little like the rattle of a snake. |
| clover |
Clover is a plant that you see very often in a yard or field. It grows close to the ground like grass. Clover has leaves that are almost round and grow in groups of three. Sometimes you can find a clover with four leaves instead of three. Some people say that brings you good luck. |
| coffee |
the beans of this plant, or the drink made from the roasted and ground beans. [1/2 definitions] |
| compound1 |
When a word is compound, it has two or more words that have been put together to make one new word. "Campground" is a compound word made from the words "camp" and "ground." [1/5 definitions] |
| corn1 |
Corn is what we call the seeds that come from a corn plant. The seeds grow on long things called ears. People often cook the seeds and eat them as a vegetable. When the seeds are dried, they can be ground up to make flour. With the flour, people can bake things like corn muffins or corn bread. [1/2 definitions] |
| cornmeal |
corn that has been ground into a rough powder. |
| cranberry |
a shrub that bears a sour, red berry, or the berry itself. Cranberries grow in wet ground in North America. |
| crawl |
to move along, usually slowly, with one's body very close to the ground or other surface; creep. [1/6 definitions] |
| creep |
to move with the body close to the ground; crawl. [1/7 definitions] |
| croquet |
Croquet is a kind of game you play on a lawn. It is played with wooden mallets and wooden balls. People take turns hitting their own ball across the grass and trying to get it through hoops that are stuck in the ground. If you get your ball through all the hoops first, you are the winner. |
| crouch |
to lower the body close to the ground by bending the legs. A cat about to pounce crouches, as does a person getting ready to run in a race. [1/2 definitions] |
| crutch |
A crutch is a support that injured people use to help them walk. The top of a crutch goes under a person's arm, and the bottom touches the ground. |