What does crease mean?
Word: Crease
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Crease means a line left on paper or cloth where it has been folded or crushed.
Synonyms: fold, wrinkle
How do you spell crease?
Syllables: crease
Tricky part: The long ee sound is spelt ea, as in sea. Children often write creese.
Watch out for: kreese, creas, creace
Memory tip: Fold a map of the sea in half and you get a crease: sea and crease share the same ea.
Crease in a sentence
Example 1: Papa pressed my school shirt until the crease was gone.
Example 2: Fold the paper and press hard along the crease.
Example 3: Her old map had a crease right across the middle.
Fun Fact
In cricket, the crease is a white line painted near the stumps. A batter must have the bat or a foot behind it to be safe from a run-out.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
aesrce
a) a small hill of sand
b) a large boat for carrying goods
c) to speak in a very quiet voice
d) a mark made by folding paper or cloth
Show answer
d) a mark made by folding paper or cloth. These six letters rebuild into crease, the mark a fold leaves.
Sound Check
Which word does not rhyme with 'crease'?
a) niece
b) geese
c) please
d) fleece
Show answer
c) please. Please ends with a z sound, while crease, geese, fleece and niece end with s.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
crease
a) erase
b) cross
c) care
d) race
Show answer
b) cross. Crease has no o, so cross cannot be made.
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
Fold the chart paper along the crease and stick it on the noticebord.
a) chart
b) stick
c) noticebord
d) crease
Show answer
c) noticebord. Noticeboard is notice and board joined, and board has oa.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these helps remove a crease from a shirt?
a) a spoon
b) an iron
c) a pencil
d) a torch
Show answer
b) an iron
2. Which of these is most likely to get creases?
a) a cotton shirt
b) a rubber ball
c) a steel plate
d) a glass jar
Show answer
a) a cotton shirt
