| pan |
A pan is an open container that you can cook or bake food in. It is usually made of metal or glass. Some pans have handles, but others do not. A pan is often used for frying or cooking foods on a stove, or for baking things in an oven. |
| Panama |
Panama is a country in Central America. Panama is famous for the Panama Canal, which makes it possible for ships to go easily from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, or from the Pacific to the Atlantic. |
| pancake |
A pancake is a flat, round cake made with flour, eggs, and milk. Pancakes are cooked in a frying pan. |
| panda |
A panda is a large animal that looks very much like a bear. Pandas have thick fur that is black in some places and white in others. The faces of pandas are white except for big black rings around their eyes. Pandas live in the mountains of western China. [2 definitions] |
| pants |
Pants are a kind of clothing that you wear from your waist down to your feet. Pants cover each of your legs separately. Some pants are shorter and cover only part of your legs. |
| paper |
Paper is a kind of material. It is what we usually use to write or draw on. We also use paper to wrap things with or carry things in. Paper is often made from wood fibers, but it can be made from other kinds of fibers too, like cotton and special kinds of grass. [3 definitions] |
| paper towel |
A paper towel is a piece of thick, soft paper that we sometimes use to clean things or dry things. Paper towels are often used in the kitchen. |
| Papua New Guinea |
Papua New Guinea is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. It shares its island with part of the country of Indonesia. Papua New Guinea is a country of mountains, rainforest, and volcanoes. The land has a lot of minerals, wood from forests, and also oil that it can sell to other countries. Many, many different languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea. |
| parachute |
A parachute is something made of very strong, thin cloth, and it is used when someone jumps out of an airplane. When a parachute is not being used, it is folded up very carefully and tightly. When it is used by someone in the air, it opens up like a big umbrella and lets them fall safely to the ground. |
| parade |
When groups of people march together or ride slowly down a street in order to celebrate something, it is called a parade. A parade is usually something happy and fun, and there are often bands playing music and people doing things to entertain the people who are watching. |
| Paraguay |
Paraguay is a country in South America. Its neighbors are Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina. Paraguay is home to deer, opossums, armadillos, jaguars, and many kinds of birds. People speak Spanish in Paraguay. |
| Paraguay River |
The Paraguay River is an important river in South America. It begins in Brazil and flows through the country of Paraguay and then along its border with Argentina. The Paraguay River ends when it joins another, even longer, river called the Paraná River. |
| parakeet |
A parakeet is a small bird with a long tail and feathers of bright colors. Parakeets are small parrots. |
| Paraná River |
The Paraná River is an important river in South America. It is a long river that starts in Brazil and flows south through Argentina. Finally, it flows into the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of Argentina. |
| parent |
A parent is a mother or a father. |
| park |
A park is an area of land where people can go to walk, play, exercise, or just relax. A park usually has trees and grass, and sometimes it has things to play on. [2 definitions] |
| parrot |
A parrot is a bird with feathers of bright colors. Many parrots are bright green with other colors on their head. Parrots have short curved beaks, and they have strong legs. Parrots can often imitate people's words and other sounds. |
| part |
A part is one piece or area of a whole thing. Your hand is a part of your whole body. A neighborhood is a part of a town. [5 definitions] |
| particular |
When you want a particular thing, you want only that one thing and not any other thing like it. When you want to wear a particular hat, it means that you want to wear only that hat and not any other hat. [2 definitions] |
| partner |
A partner is a person you do something with. When you dance with someone, they are your partner, and you are their partner. If two people work on a project together, they are project partners. |
| part of speech |
When you look up a word in this dictionary, you can see something under the word that says "part of speech." A part of speech is a label that tells you what kind of word this word is and how it is usually used in a sentence. Nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, and interjections are parts of speech in English. Look up these words in the dictionary to see what kind of words they describe! |