| tame |
When an animal is tame, it has grown up with humans. Tame animals are gentle and not afraid of people. |
| tan |
Tan is a light brown or yellowish brown color. [2 definitions] |
| tank |
A tank is a large container that holds water or some other liquid or gas. If a car uses gasoline, the car has a tank inside that holds the gasoline. |
| Tanzania |
Tanzania is a country in Africa. Tanzania lies on the coast of the Indian Ocean. Some of its neighbors are Kenya, Zambia, and Mozambique. Tanzania has both mountains and flat lands. The highest mountain in Africa is in Tanzania. It is called Mount Kilimanjaro. Tanzania has three very large lakes along its borders. They are Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Malawi. Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa, and Lake Tanganyika is the deepest. |
| Tanzanian |
When something is Tanzanian, it is from the country of Tanzania, or it has to do with the people or culture of Tanzania. |
| tap1 |
When you tap something, you hit it just a little, usually with your finger or your toes. For example, you might tap something on a computer with your finger. Or you might tap the floor with your toes. Sometimes when you tap something, you hold it and hit something else with it lightly. |
| tape |
Tape is a long narrow strip of plastic, cloth, or paper that has glue on one side. Tape is used to stick things together. [4 definitions] |
| tape measure |
A tape measure is a tool for measuring how long something is. It is made of a long, narrow piece of metal, fabric, or thin plastic. |
| target |
A target is a thing that you aim at and want to hit. |
| task |
A task is a thing that someone has to do. Washing the dishes and taking out the garbage are tasks. |
| taste |
When you taste something, you find out its flavor by putting it in your mouth or on your tongue. [4 definitions] |
| tattle |
When you tattle, you tell something bad that you know about someone to another person like a parent or a teacher. |
| tax |
A tax is money that people pay to a government. The government uses the money to give services to people and to pay everyone who works for the government. Taxes pay for things like roads, bridges, schools, police, and firefighters. Money from taxes is also used to help old people and others who cannot work anymore. |
| taxi |
A taxi is a car that takes people where they want to go. People pay money to ride in a taxi. They pay their money to a driver, who sits in the front. In big cities in America, taxis are often yellow. The word taxi comes from the longer word taxicab. Most people don't use the longer word anymore, but sometimes people use the word cab for the same meaning as taxi. |
| tea |
Tea is a drink that is made by putting certain kinds of dried leaves in very hot water for a short time. There are many kinds of tea. Some people drink hot tea with sugar or a little milk. People drink cold tea too, after the tea is cool. Many people in America like to drink cold tea with a slice of lemon. |
| 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] |