| teach |
When someone teaches people, they show them how to do something, or they help them learn about something. |
| teacher |
A teacher is someone whose job is teaching. Teachers help students learn. |
| team |
A team is a group of people who play a sport or game together. The team plays against another group of people who also play together. Each team hopes to win. [2 definitions] |
| teapot |
A teapot is a pot that is used to serve tea. A teapot has a handle on one side and a cover on top. It also has something called a spout where the tea pours out. |
| tear1 |
A tear is a drop of liquid that comes from the eye. Tears clean the eye and keep it wet. |
| tear2 |
When you tear something, you pull it apart or into pieces. Things that we tear are often things like paper, cloth, and other thin, flat materials. [3 definitions] |
| tease |
When someone teases you, they say things or do things so that they can laugh at you or have fun with you. |
| teaspoon |
A teaspoon is a certain amount of a liquid or other substance. We often use teaspoons as a way to measure small amounts of things when we cook or bake. A small spoon in your kitchen holds about one teaspoon, or maybe a little more. A short way to write teaspoon or teaspoons is tsp. |
| teddy bear |
A teddy bear is a soft toy that looks like a bear. Teddy bears are filled with stuffing and covered with a soft material that often looks and feels like fur. |
| teenager |
A teenager is a person who is any age from thirteen to nineteen. Children change a lot during their years as a teenager. |
| teeth |
Teeth is the word we use when we are talking about more than one tooth. |
| telephone |
A telephone is something you use to talk to someone who is far away. A telephone has a part for speaking into and a part for listening. [2 definitions] |
| telescope |
A telescope is something that makes objects that are far away look larger. People use telescopes to see things in space, such as stars and other planets. |
| television |
A television is a machine with a screen that receives sound and moving images. People watch shows on their televisions, and people in different places can watch the same thing at the same time. Sometimes when we say the word television, we mean the shows that we watch on a television. |
| tell |
When you tell a story, you use words and sentences to let someone else know the story too. [4 definitions] |
| teller |
A teller is a person who works in a bank. A teller takes in money or pays out money to customers. People who want to put some money in the bank give it to the teller. The teller makes sure the money goes safely into the bank. When customers want to get some of their money out of the bank, the teller pays it out to them. |
| temperature |
Temperature is how hot or cold something is. [2 definitions] |
| temple1 |
A temple is a place where people go to pray and sometimes to listen to someone speak about their god or gods. Hindus, Buddhists, and Jews are some of the people who use temples as their place of religion. Temples can look very different from each other. |
| temporary |
When something is temporary, it does not last forever or for a long time. |
| tempt |
When something or someone tempts you, they make you want to do something. When you feel tempted, though, part of you really wants to do that thing and part of you is not sure it is a good thing to do. |
| ten |
Ten is the word for the number 10. |