Harvest Season Word Search
Play a Harvest Season word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the holidays, weather, and activities of a season, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: AUTUMN, HARVEST, PUMPKIN, SCARECROW, CORN, LEAVES, APPLE, ORCHARD, SUNFLOWER, TOMATO, CIDER, WHEAT.
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Harvest Season word list, defined
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- AUTUMN /ˈɔːtəm/ (US also /ˈɑːtəm/) · noun
- The season between summer and winter, during which temperatures cool and deciduous trees shed their leaves; in the Northern Hemisphere it spans roughly September to November. It is chiefly British usage, with 'fall' being the standard North American equivalent. Related: fall, harvest time.
- HARVEST /ˈhɑːvɪst/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, harvest means the crops that are gathered or the act and season of gathering them. As a verb, it means to gather ripe crops, or more figuratively, to collect or accumulate something valuable. Related: crop, reap, gather, collect.
- PUMPKIN /ˈpʌmpkɪn/ · noun
- A large, usually round fruit with a hard orange-yellow rind and many seeds, eaten as a vegetable and commonly associated with autumn and Halloween. The word can also denote the plant that produces this fruit and, informally, a person's head. Related: squash, gourd, marrow, head.
- SCARECROW /ˈskeə.krəʊ/ (British); /ˈsker.kroʊ/ (American) · noun
- A human-shaped figure, usually made from straw or other materials and dressed in old clothes, that is placed in a field to frighten birds away from crops. By extension, the word can refer to a person who is treated as threatening, foolish, or contemptible. Related: straw figure, bird scarer, straw man, figurehead.
- CORN /kɔːrn/ (US); /kɔːn/ (UK) · noun
- The edible seed or grain of a cereal plant, especially in American English the principal grain crop maize (Zea mays), and more broadly the chief cereal crop of a region. Related: grain, maize, cereal, seed.
- LEAVES /liːvz/ · noun (plural); verb (third-person singular present)
- The foliage of trees and other plants, especially when considered collectively. As the third-person singular present of “leave,” it means to depart, abandon, relinquish, or bequeath. Related: foliage, greenery.
- APPLE /ˈæp.əl/ · noun
- A round fruit with red, green, or yellow skin and crisp white flesh, produced by the tree Malus domestica; also the tree itself.
- ORCHARD /ˈɔːrtʃərd/ · noun
- An enclosed area of land planted with fruit trees, such as apple, pear, peach, or cherry trees. The word can also refer more broadly to an orchard or a group of orchards collectively. Related: fruit tree plantation, orchard ground, fruit garden, tree plantation.
- SUNFLOWER /ˈsʌnˌflaʊər/ · noun
- A tall annual plant, Helianthus annuus, cultivated for its large yellow flower heads and edible seeds. The word can also refer to the flower head itself or, informally, to the seeds used as food.
- TOMATO /təˈmeɪtoʊ/ (US); /təˈmɑːtəʊ/ (British) · noun
- A soft, juicy fruit of the tomato plant, typically red when ripe and eaten raw or cooked. The word can also refer to the plant that produces this fruit. Related: love apple.
- CIDER /ˈsaɪdər/ · noun
- A beverage made from pressed apples, typically fermented and alcoholic in British usage, while in North America the unfermented juice is called cider (or sweet cider) and the alcoholic version is called hard cider. Related: apple juice (US), must, brew.
- WHEAT /wiːt/ · noun
- Wheat is the edible grain and seed of the wheat plant, a cereal grass widely cultivated as a food crop. The word can also refer to the plant itself or to wheat as a standing crop. Related: grain, cereal.
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