Collins Junior Illustrated Thesaurus. Collins Dictionaries

      “Hey, I think we’ve found something important,” said Carter.

      serious

      Burglary is a serious problem in this area.

      bin VERB

      If you bin something, you throw it away.

      discard

      Mum tried to persuade Dad to discard his old jacket.

      scrap

      She decided to scrap everything she’d written so far.

      bind VERB

      If you bind something, you tie something like string or cloth tightly round it so that it is held in place.

      attach

      In our first-aid class, we were taught to attach splints to a damaged limb.

      fasten

      The woodcutter always fastens the firewood with twine.

      join

      Simon used extra-strong tape to join the broken struts together.

      tie

      “I’ll tie a handkerchief round your leg to stop the bleeding,” said Mum.

bird NOUN

      A bird is an animal with two legs, two wings and feathers.

      PET BIRDS:

      budgerigar

      cockatiel

      FARM BIRDS:

      chicken

      duck

      goose

      turkey

      BIRDS THAT LIVE NEAR WATER:

      coot

      curlew

      duck

      flamingo

      goose

      gull

      kingfisher

      moorhen

      pelican

      penguin

      puffin

      stork

      swan

      BRITISH GARDEN BIRDS:

      blackbird

      blue tit

      chaffinch

      robin

      sparrow

      thrush

      wren

      BIRDS OF PREY:

      buzzard

      eagle

      falcon

      kestrel

      owl

      OTHER BIRDS:

      emu

      kiwi

      kookaburra

      ostrich

      parrot

      peacock

      vulture

      bit NOUN

      A bit of something is a small piece of it.

      chip

      We found a chip of Roman pottery in the garden.

      chunk

      Henry broke off a chunk of chocolate.

      crumb

      Under the table, birds were pecking at leftover crumbs.

      fragment

      They were looking for fossils but found only a small fragment of bone.

      morsel

      Oliver was so hungry he ate up every last morsel of pie.

      part

      Julia liked the part in the film where owls brought messages.

      piece

      She couldn’t finish the jigsaw. There was one piece missing.

      portion

      Every guest had a portion of cheese.

      scrap

      There was an interesting scrap of paper at the crime scene.

      shred

      The kitten tore the curtains to shreds.

      slab

      A slab of white stone covered the mouth of the tomb.

      speck

      If there was a speck of dust my mum would find it.

body NOUN

      Your body is every part of you.

      boil VERB

      When liquid boils, it bubbles.

      bubble

      Stew bubbled furiously on the stove.

      foam

      Warm the butter until it foams.

      froth

      Hot milk rose in the pan and frothed over the top.

      heat

      Heat the mixture for five minutes.

book NOUN

      A book is a number of pages held together inside a cover.

      KINDS OF BOOKS:

      album

      atlas

      diary

      dictionary

      encyclopedia

      jotter

      manual

      notebook

      novel

      storybook

      textbook

      thesaurus

      boring ADJECTIVE

      Something boring is so dull that you have no interest in it.

      dreary

      We spent a dreary afternoon queuing for concert tickets.

      dull

      The film was so dull that William fell asleep in the middle of it.

      monotonous

      The television presenter droned on in a monotonous voice.

      ➔ mind-numbing

      ANTONYM: exciting

      bottom (1) NOUN

      The bottom of something is the lowest part of it.

      base

      There