What does concealment mean?
Word: Concealment
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Concealment means the act of hiding something, or keeping it out of sight so that others do not find it.
Synonyms: hiding
Antonyms: disclosure
How do you spell concealment?
Syllables: con - ceal - ment
Tricky part: The l is single. Conceal ends in one l, and it stays single when the ending is added, so there is never ll in the middle.
Watch out for: conceallment, conncealment
Memory tip: A good hiding place gives nothing extra away, and neither does this word: it lets just one l peep out before the ending.
Concealment in a sentence
Example 1: The thick hedge gave the robin's nest good concealment from passing walkers.
Example 2: After weeks of careful concealment, the class finally unveiled the mural they had painted for the school hall.
Example 3: The magician's concealment of the coin in his sleeve fooled the whole audience.
Fun Fact
Biologists sometimes use the word for the shapes and colours that keep animals out of sight: a stick insect, shaped like a thin twig, gets almost perfect concealment among the branches it feeds on.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly and one is misspelt. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word:
1. orchestra 2. consealment 3. telescope 4. thermometer
a) a large group of musicians who play together
b) an instrument that measures how hot or cold something is
c) an instrument that makes faraway things look closer
d) the state of being tucked away where nobody can see
Show answer
d) the state of being tucked away where nobody can see. The hiding word needs a c after con, not an s; telescope, orchestra and thermometer are spelt correctly.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
conc_alm_nt
a) a, e
b) e, e
c) e, a
d) i, e
Show answer
b) e, e. The first gap takes the e of ea, as in seal, and the ending is ment, as in movement.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word concealment as used in the sentence:
The concealment of the birthday cake in the garage worked until Leo smelt the chocolate.
a) camouflage
b) privacy
c) revelation
d) cover
Show answer
c) revelation. Hiding the cake is the opposite of showing it, and revelation means making something known.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If a plan depends on concealment, what matters most?
a) that it costs as little as it can
b) that everyone joins in at the same time
c) that it is finished as fast as possible
d) that nobody notices what is happening
Show answer
d) that nobody notices what is happening
2. Which of these is an example of concealment?
a) a cockerel crowing loudly at dawn
b) a bee buzzing from flower to flower
c) a peacock spreading its tail feathers
d) a fox lying still under thick bracken
Show answer
d) a fox lying still under thick bracken
