| sand |
Sand is what we often walk on at a beach. Sand is made up of tiny, loose grains of ground rock. Deserts often have sand too. |
| sandal |
A sandal is a shoe that covers only a small part of your foot. People often wear sandals when the weather is hot. |
| sandcastle |
A sandcastle is something that many kids like to make at the beach. It is a small model of a castle made out of sand. |
| sandwich |
A sandwich is something we often eat for lunch. You make a sandwich by putting meat or some other food between two pieces of bread. |
| sandy |
When something is sandy, it is made of sand or it contains sand. Many beaches in the world are sandy. Some deserts are sandy too. [2 definitions] |
| sanitary |
When something is sanitary, there are no germs on it. It is completely clean. |
| sanitize |
When you sanitize something, you kill germs on it and make it very clean. |
| San Marino |
San Marino is a country in Europe. San Marino is very small, and it is located completely inside the country of Italy. It is a land of hills and low mountains. Many tourists come to San Marino to see its countryside and to see its old cities with forts, towers, and churches. |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
Sao Tome and Principe is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean near the continent of Africa. Fishing and farming are important on the islands of Sao Tome and Principe. Farmers grow a lot of plants that produce cocoa. The main language that the people speak there is Portuguese. Portuguese is the language of Portugal in Europe. |
| Saskatchewan |
Saskatchewan is one of the ten provinces of Canada. A province is an area of land that is one part of a country. Each province has its own capital. |
| Saturday |
Saturday is the seventh day of the week. Saturday comes between Friday and Sunday. |
| Saturn |
Saturn is a large, round object out in space. Like our Earth, Saturn is a planet that travels around the sun. It is a large planet, much bigger than Earth and much farther from the sun. Saturn is famous for its rings of ice and dust that make circles around it. |
| sauce |
A sauce is a thick liquid that is served with food to add more flavor to the food. Spaghetti is a food that is usually served with a sauce. A spaghetti sauce is a red sauce made with tomatoes, onions, and spices. |
| Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia is a country on the continent of Asia. It is in a part of the world called the Middle East. Some of its neighbors are Yemen, Kuwait, and Iraq. The country of Saudi Arabia lies between two large bodies of water called the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Much of Saudi Arabia is desert, but it is rich in oil. People in Saudi Arabia speak Arabic, and they are ruled by a king. |
| sausage |
Sausage is a kind of food. It is made with ground meat and salt and spices. These things are mixed together, and then the mixture is put into tubes. The tubes are made from a thin material that you can eat. Sausage has to be cooked before you can eat it. |
| save1 |
When someone saves a person or an animal, they stop them from getting hurt or killed. [2 definitions] |
| saw1 |
A saw is a tool with a thin, metal blade that has sharp points like teeth along the edge. Saws are used for cutting hard materials such as wood or metal. |
| saxophone |
A saxophone is an instrument for playing music. It has a long, curved, metal body and a piece at the top where you put your mouth. You blow into the saxophone to make sounds. |
| say |
When you say something to another person, you use words to tell them something. |
| scale1 |
A scale is one of the many small, flat things that completely cover the bodies of some animals, such as fish and snakes. Scales are very thin and hard. |
| scale2 |
A scale is something you use to weigh things. |