| king |
A king is a ruler of a country and sometimes wears a crown. When a boy or man becomes king of a country, he usually stays the king for the rest of his life. The people of a country do not choose who will be their king. A man can become king only if his father or someone else in his family was a ruler before him. |
| kingdom |
A kingdom is a country that is ruled by a king or queen. |
| Kiribati |
Kiribati is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. There are many trees there that grow coconuts, and many of the coconuts are sold to other countries. Kiribati also sells a lot of seaweed and fish. Tourists come to Kiribati to enjoy its beaches on the ocean. |
| kiss |
When you kiss someone, you touch them with your lips as a sign of love or friendship. |
| kitchen |
A kitchen is a room where you cook and keep food. |
| kite |
A kite is a toy that you fly in the air at the end of a long string. It is made with light pieces of wood that are crossed or formed into a box shape. This wood frame is then covered with paper or plastic. |
| kitten |
A kitten is a young cat. |
| kiwi |
A kiwi is a small fruit that is brown on the outside and green on the inside. It has many little black seeds inside that you can eat too. [2 definitions] |
| knee |
The knee is the middle part of your leg. It's the part that bends. |
| knife |
A knife is a tool with a handle and a thin, sharp blade. A knife is used for cutting or for spreading things on other things. |
| knight |
A long time ago, a knight was a man who fought for a king or other person of high rank. A knight always rode a horse when he fought in battle. Becoming a knight was not easy. A young man had to train hard to learn how to use a sword and ride a horse. |
| knit |
When you knit, you make things like clothing or blankets using thick threads called yarn. Loops of yarn are connected to each other by passing other yarn through them using long needles that you hold in your hands. You can also knit by using a machine. [2 definitions] |
| knives |
Knives is the word we use when we are talking about more than one knife. |
| knob |
A knob is a round thing that is attached to a door, drawer, or machine. Usually, you turn it or pull it. |
| knock |
When you knock on a door, you hit the door to make a noise. [2 definitions] |
| knock down |
When something is standing and you knock it down, you make it fall so that it is lying on the ground or on some surface. |
| knock over |
When you knock something over, you hit it and it falls down. |
| knot1 |
Something that is tied together or wound around itself so that it is difficult to separate is called a knot. Sometimes when you wrap a present, you tie a ribbon around it. To make the ribbon stay, you tie a knot. |
| know |
When you know something, there are things in your mind like facts and information. When you know something, you can talk about it and tell other people. [3 definitions] |
| knowledge |
When you have knowledge, you have facts and information in your mind. If you have knowledge about animals, you know things about them. |
| koala |
A koala is a small mammal with gray fur, round ears, and a short black nose. Koalas live in trees and eat leaves and bark. Australia is the only place in the world where wild koalas live. |