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Spell Bee Word: Cucumber


What does cucumber mean?

Word: Cucumber

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cucumber means a long vegetable with a dark skin that is crisp and juicy inside, often eaten raw.

How do you spell cucumber?

Syllables: cu - cum - ber

Tricky part: The last part sounds like bur, but it is spelt ber.

Watch out for: cucumbar, cucumbur

Memory tip: Think of the months September, November and December: cucumber finishes with the same ber.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. as cool as a cucumber: Calm and not worried at all. Example: "Ravi stayed as cool as a cucumber in the quiz."

Cucumber in a sentence

Example 1: Mumma put cucumber slices in my sandwich.

Example 2: The cucumber raita was cool and fresh.

Example 3: We grew a cucumber in a pot on the terrace.

Fun Fact

A cucumber is about 95 parts water out of every 100.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cucumber
b) beetroot
c) cabage
d) pumpkin

Show answer

c) cabage. Cabbage has a double b in the middle.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

c_c_mber

a) u, o
b) o, u
c) u, u
d) a, u

Show answer

c) u, u. Both gaps take a u, the same vowel sound you hear twice at the start.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rucmbecu

a) cucmuber
b) ccuumber
c) cucumber
d) cumcuber

Show answer

c) cucumber. It is a salad vegetable, and its last three letters match the end of September.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

cucummber

a) m
b) u
c) c
d) b

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a) m. Cucumber has no double letters at all.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What colour is the skin of a cucumber?

a) green
b) purple
c) white
d) red

Show answer

a) green

2. Cucumber is often eaten in a ____.

a) salad
b) milkshake
c) pudding
d) jam tart

Show answer

a) salad

Associated Words

Words that end in -mber: plumber, chamber, slumber, December, November

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Next steps

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