| accomplish |
When you accomplish something, you finally do something or finish something that you've needed to do. Usually, when you accomplish something, you feel good about it. Often it takes a lot of work or effort to accomplish something. |
| apron |
An apron is a piece of clothing that people sometimes wear when they cook or clean or do some other kinds of work. An apron covers the front of the body, or part of it. People who cook in a restaurant always wear aprons. |
| architect |
An architect is a person who designs new buildings and makes sure the work on the building goes according to the plan. |
| arithmetic |
When you do arithmetic, you work with numbers to find answers to questions. When you add numbers together to find an answer, you are doing one kind of arithmetic. |
| artist |
Artists are people who make things like paintings, drawings, music, or poems. An artist is a person who makes art in a serious way. Artists study and practice to do their work well. Artists usually want to show their work to many other people. |
| assignment |
An assignment is work that someone gives to another person. When you get an assignment from a teacher, it is work that the teacher wants you to do. |
| astronaut |
An astronaut is a person whose job is to travel and work in space. |
| basement |
A basement is a space in a building that is under the ground. People often keep things that they don't need every day in their basement. Some people use their basement as a place to play games and relax or to do certain kinds of work like making things with wood or washing clothes. |
| battery |
A battery is something that holds electricity. Flashlights, watches, and some toys have small batteries to make them work. Cars have larger batteries to help start their engines. |
| bill1 |
A bill is a piece of paper that tells how much you must pay for something. When you are done eating in a restaurant, the waiter brings the bill. If someone comes to your house to fix the roof, they will send a bill later to ask for money for the work they did. [1/2 definitions] |
| break |
When you stop what you are doing to do something else, you take a break. In school, you take a break from your class work to play outside or to eat your lunch. [1/4 definitions] |
| briefcase |
A briefcase is a flat container that is often made of leather and has a handle. Briefcases are used for carrying things like papers or books. Adults often use them when they travel between home and work. |
| button |
A button is what you push to make some things work. You push buttons on a telephone to call someone or to start a computer. [1/3 definitions] |
| capital1 |
A capital is an important city in a country or state. The people who run the government of a country or state work in the capital. [1/2 definitions] |
| case1 |
A case is something that the police work on and try to find an answer to. [1/2 definitions] |
| cause |
A cause is an idea or a goal that is important to people. Helping animals that have no homes is an example of a cause that people give money to or work for. [1/3 definitions] |
| charge |
When you charge something like a telephone, you put power into it so that it can work. Things that use electricity but don't use wires to get it store electricity in something called batteries. When we charge a telephone, we are charging the batteries inside it so that the phone will have the power to work in any place we want it to. [1/5 definitions] |
| city |
A city is a place where many people live and work. A city is a kind of town, but a city is usually a very large town with many buildings and streets. |
| computer |
A computer is a machine that can store and give back information. A computer can play games and do many kinds of work. |
| cowboy |
A cowboy is a man who takes care of cows and other animals. Cowboys work on ranches and often ride horses. |
| cowgirl |
A cowgirl is a woman who works with cows and, often, horses. Cowgirls usually work on large ranches. |