Vocabulary.com Thanksgiving Vocabulary "Match the Definition".

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17 Thanksgiving-related vocabulary words.
    1. _____ Mayflower

    2. _____ Plymouth

    3. _____ observation

    4. _____ feast

    5. _____ cranberry

    6. _____ giblet

    7. _____ celebration

    8. _____ dressing

    9. _____ maize

    10. _____ pilgrimage

    11. _____ cornucopia

    12. _____ stuffing

    13. _____ gobble

    14. _____ harvest

    15. _____ colony

    16. _____ blessing

    17. _____ indian

Match the 17 definitions below to the vocabulary words on the left.
  • a. season when crops are collected

  • b. internal organs of a fowl

  • c. distinct cry of the male turkey

  • d. group of people who form in a new land

  • e. valued praise, favor or benefit

  • f. a long journey to a sacred place

  • g. one of oldest towns in SE Massachusetts

  • h. a horn stuffed with foods, berries etc.

  • i. small, sour and dark red berry

  • j. seasoned bread or filling inside poultry

  • k. name of ship that sailed to the New World (1620)

  • l. synonym for corn; pale yellow

  • m. a sauce for salads etc.

  • n. unusually abundant meal

  • o. special activities that commemorate

  • p. term also meaning Native American

  • q. act of watching attentively

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