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Spell Bee Word: Bull


What does bull mean?

Word: Bull

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Bull means a grown-up male of the cattle family. The word is also used for the males of some other big animals, such as elephants and whales.

How do you spell bull?

Syllables: bull

Tricky part: The u in bull is said like the oo in book, so some children write bool.

Watch out for: bool, buul

Memory tip: Picture a bull with a big U-shaped pair of horns: that U sits right after the b.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. take the bull by the horns: To deal with a difficult problem bravely and directly. Example: "Sana took the bull by the horns and asked the coach why she was not picked."

Bull in a sentence

Example 1: The bull pulled the cart slowly along the village road.

Example 2: At the village fair, farmers decorate the horns of their bulls with bright paint.

Example 3: The bull rested under the neem tree after a long day in the field.

Fun Fact

Scientists think a bull cannot tell red from green, so a red cloth looks much the same to a bull as a green one.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word:

bull

a) cow
b) hen
c) mare
d) ewe

Show answer

a) cow. The female of cattle is a cow.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) bull
b) bulll
c) bulel
d) bul

Show answer

a) bull. Two l's sit side by side, with nothing between them and nothing after them.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The bull drank water from the villege pond.

a) bull
b) pond
c) villege
d) drank

Show answer

c) villege. Village ends in age, as in cabbage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A young bull is called a ____.

a) foal
b) lamb
c) kid
d) calf

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d) calf

2. A bull likes to eat ____.

a) bread and jam
b) grass and hay
c) fish and rice
d) nuts and honey

Show answer

b) grass and hay

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with bu: bucket, busy, buzz, bubble, butter

More words from this list

crowd, finger, homework, mouth, quick, slipper, trouble, apple

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

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Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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