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Spell Bee Word: Cold


What does cold mean?

Word: Cold

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Cold means having a low temperature; not warm, like water from the fridge.

Synonyms: cool, freezing

Antonyms: warm

How do you spell cold?

Syllables: cold

Tricky part: Cold has no e at the end. Children who know words like hole and pole often add one, but cold stops at the d.

Watch out for: colde, coled

Memory tip: When it is cold you shut the door fast. Shut the word fast too: stop at the d, with no e after it.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. catch a cold: To become ill with a runny nose and a cough. Example: "Wear your sweater or you will catch a cold."

Cold in a sentence

Example 1: The water in the tank is very cold today.

Example 2: I like cold milk with my cornflakes.

Example 3: It gets cold in Shimla in December.

Fun Fact

Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. It is covered with thick ice all year.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

cold

a) hot
b) chilly
c) frosty
d) icy

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a) hot. Hot is the opposite of cold; chilly, icy and frosty all mean nearly the same as cold.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) coald
b) winter
c) shiver
d) blanket

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a) coald. Cold has only one vowel, the o; there is no a in it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Mumma gave me a glass of kold water.

a) glass
b) water
c) gave
d) kold

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d) kold. Kold is not a word: the real word begins with the letter c, as cup does.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

colld

a) o
b) c
c) d
d) l

Show answer

d) l. Cold has just one l, between the o and the d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would feel cold in your hand?

a) a fresh chapati
b) a woollen blanket
c) a steaming cup of tea
d) an ice cube

Show answer

d) an ice cube

2. In which season do most places in India feel cold?

a) winter
b) summer
c) monsoon
d) spring

Show answer

a) winter

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: cool, warm

More words from this list

fabric, ground, maize, pocket, share, thorn, admit, blood

Next steps

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