My English Words List - January - 2022

bib

bib

noun

A baby wearing a bib while being fed

Bib (garment)

apron

apron

noun

Cook with Red Apron by Léon Bonvin

Apron

Cantonese

Cantonese

noun

  • the dialect of Chinese spoken in Guangzhou and Hong Kong

Cantopop

Cantopop (a contraction of “Cantonese pop music”) or HK-pop (short for “Hong Kong pop music”) is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese.

caboose

caboose

noun

A former Chicago & Northwestern Railway bay window caboose at the Illinois Railway Museum

Caboose

kimchi

kimchi

noun

Various forms of contemporary kimchi

  • a spicy, pungent vegetable dish that consists of one or more pickled and fermented vegetables and especially napa cabbage and radishes with various seasonings (such as garlic, red chili pepper, ginger, scallions, and anchovy paste) and that is the national dish of South Korea

Kimchi

rucksack

rucksack

noun

Tropical Rucksack (back)

Tropical Rucksack (side)

hikers carrying their food and water in rucksacks

Backpack

backpack

backpack

noun

A modern Deuter backpack

stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk

ahoy

ahoy

interjection

  • used by a sailor who is calling out to a passing ship or boat

ship ahoy

Ahoy (greeting)

cub

cub

noun

  • a young carnivorous mammal (such as a bear, fox, or li

A cub is the young of certain large predatory animals such as big cats or bears; analogous to a domestic puppy or kitten.

panda cub

pup

pup

noun

  • a young dog, puppy
  • a young animal

seal pups

puppy

puppy

noun

Golden Retriever puppy

Puppy

bunny

bunny

noun

European rabbit

  • informal : rabbit, especially : a young rabbit

Rabbit

foal

foal

noun

A foal will be able to run alongside of its dam within a few hours of birth.

  • a young animal of the horse family. especially : one under one year

zebra foal

kitten

kitten

noun

A Ragdoll kitten

  • a young cat

Kitten

calf

calf

noun

A calf in the New Forest, England

  • the young of the domestic cow

Calf

lamb

lamb

noun

Lamb

  • a young sheep