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Spell Bee Word: Cinder


What does cinder mean?

Word: Cinder

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cinder means a small piece of burnt coal or wood left after a fire.

How do you spell cinder?

Syllables: cin - der

Tricky part: It begins with a c, though it sounds like an s. Sinder is the slip to avoid.

Watch out for: sinder, synder

Memory tip: Say Cold Cinders together, and give both words the same first letter.

Cinder in a sentence

Example 1: Papa raked the last cinder out of the old iron stove.

Example 2: A bright cinder dropped from the campfire on to the sand.

Example 3: Dad forgot the toast and it was burnt to a cinder.

Fun Fact

The fairy-tale name Cinderella is built on this word, because the girl in the story sat among the cinders by the fire.

Practise the CREST Way

Jumble Tumble

Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:

dcirne 123456

a) 536124
b) 253641
c) 235164
d) 462513

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c) 235164. Follow these numbers and the letters give the word for a bit of burnt coal.

Spellacadabra

Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:

i, e

a) l_nd_r
b) sl_nd_r
c) c_nd_r
d) g_nd_r

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c) c_nd_r. Short i then e complete c_nd_r; none of the other three can take an i in the first gap.

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with the given word?

cinder

a) tinder
b) binder
c) finder
d) kinder

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a) tinder. Tinder has the same short i; the other three have a long i sound.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

cinder

a) rice
b) dinner
c) nice
d) cried

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b) dinner. A single n in cinder cannot cover the double n in dinner.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you be most likely to find cinders?

a) in a cold fireplace
b) on a bookshelf
c) in a school bag
d) on a clean plate

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a) in a cold fireplace

2. Why should you wait before touching a cinder from a campfire?

a) it may still be hot
b) it may be very sticky
c) it may be very heavy
d) it may be very wet

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a) it may still be hot

Associated Words

More Class 3 Winter Spell Bee words starting with c: crooked, cobbler, chilly, crispy, clamber, cockpit

More words from this list

daybreak, flagpole, hostel, muddle, rewind, steering, trough, almond

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