What does costume mean?
Word: Costume
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Costume means a set of clothes you wear to look like someone or something else, as in a play or at a fancy dress party. It can also mean the traditional dress of a place.
Synonyms: dress
How do you spell costume?
Syllables: cos - tume
Tricky part: Do not mix it up with custom, a different word that means a usual way of doing things: in costume the o comes first and the u second.
Watch out for: custome, cosstume
Memory tip: In costume the o comes before the u; custom has them the other way round.
Costume in a sentence
Example 1: Aryan wore a pirate costume to the party.
Example 2: The dancers wore bright costumes for the Bihu show.
Example 3: Mumma sewed my costume for the school play.
Fun Fact
Kathakali dancers of Kerala wear large costumes with wide skirts and paint their faces in strong colours such as green.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) dresing
b) uniferm
c) jewellry
d) costume
Show answer
d) costume. Uniform has or, jewellery has an e before the ry and dressing needs a double s.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
mutesoc
a) costmue
b) cotsume
c) csotume
d) costume
Show answer
d) costume. Each wrong choice swaps two letters; sound them out and only one sounds right.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Tara wore a tiger costum for the school fancy dress show.
a) costum
b) tiger
c) school
d) show
Show answer
a) costum. Costume ends with a silent e after the m.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
costume
a) mask
b) song
c) curtain
d) outfit
Show answer
d) outfit. An outfit is a set of clothes worn together, just like a costume.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does a costume designer for a film do?
a) chooses the clothes the actors wear
b) sets up the lights and cameras
c) writes the words the actors say
d) plays the music during the film
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a) chooses the clothes the actors wear
2. For the school play, Anu must dress up. What should she wear?
a) a uniform for school days
b) a raincoat for the monsoon
c) a sweater for a cold night
d) a lion suit for a stage show
Show answer
d) a lion suit for a stage show
