Cement City Word Search
This Cement City word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: MEDUSA, ALPHA, PORTLAND, RAISIN, BEAN, CHERRY, MAPLE, PINE, MAIN, WASHINGTON, LINCOLN, JACKSON.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Cement City word list, defined
- MEDUSA /mɪˈduːzə/ · proper noun
- In Greek mythology, one of the three Gorgons, depicted with snakes for hair and a gaze that turns people to stone.
- ALPHA /ˈælfə/ · noun
- The first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α). More broadly, the first or most dominant item in a series, or an animal ranked highest in a social hierarchy. Related: beginning, first, leading, dominant.
- PORTLAND /ˈpɔːrtlənd/ · proper noun; noun
- Portland is the largest city in Oregon, in the northwestern United States. The name is also used attributively for Portland stone and Portland cement.
- RAISIN /ˈreɪzɪn/ · noun
- A small, sweet dried grape, usually eaten whole or used as an ingredient in baked goods, cereals, and desserts. Related: dried grape, sultana, currant, dried fruit.
- BEAN /biːn/ · noun
- A bean is an edible seed of a leguminous plant, such as the kidney bean or broad bean, typically eaten cooked. Informally, it also refers to any seed resembling a bean, and in slang it can denote a small amount of money (as in 'beans' meaning very little). Related: legume, pulse, seed, pod.
- CHERRY /ˈtʃɛri/ · noun
- A small, round stone fruit with red or dark-red skin and sweet or tart flesh, borne on trees of the genus Prunus; also the tree that bears it. Related: stone fruit, drupe, fruit.
- MAPLE /ˈmeɪpəl/ · noun
- Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Acer, many of which have lobed leaves and winged fruits. The word can also refer to maple sap or syrup and, attributively, to things made from or flavored with maple.
- PINE /paɪn/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, pine means any tree or shrub of the coniferous family Pinaceae, especially the familiar evergreen trees with needle-like leaves and cones. It can also refer to the wood of these trees. As a verb, pine means to yearn for someone or something, or to suffer from a longing that is difficult to satisfy. Related: conifer, evergreen, tree, long.
- MAIN /meɪn/ · adjective, noun, and adverb
- Chief or most important; of greatest significance. As a noun, it means the principal person or thing, or, in literary and nautical usage, the open sea. Related: principal, chief, primary, foremost.
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