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Spell Bee Word: Cylinder


What does cylinder mean?

Word: Cylinder

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cylinder means a shape with two flat round ends and a long curved side, like a tin can or a pipe. A gas cylinder is a strong metal container of this shape.

How do you spell cylinder?

Syllables: cyl - in - der

Tricky part: It starts with cy, said like si, so children write silinder or cilinder.

Watch out for: silinder, cilinder

Memory tip: Cy at the start sounds like si, as in cycle. The barrel of a cycle pump is shaped like a cylinder.

Cylinder in a sentence

Example 1: A tin of paint is shaped like a cylinder.

Example 2: We drew a cylinder in maths class today.

Example 3: Our pencil holder is a cardboard cylinder.

Fun Fact

In many countries, cooking gas reaches homes that have no gas pipe in metal cylinders.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

a) cone : funnel
b) sphere : ball
c) cube : dice
d) cylender : drum

Show answer

d) cylender : drum. Cylinder has i after the l, not e.

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) cyllinder
b) colander
c) calendar
d) cucumber

Show answer

a) cyllinder. Cylinder has only one l, so one of the pair has to go.

Jumble Tumble

Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of a shape?

a) ldyrecin
b) rsuqe
c) crecill
d) ritanglee

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a) ldyrecin. Ldyrecin makes cylinder; the others have a letter too many or too few for triangle, circle or square.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

cylinder

a) rice
b) dry
c) line
d) candy

Show answer

d) candy. Cylinder has no a, so candy cannot be made.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is shaped like a cylinder?

a) a pizza slice
b) a cricket ball
c) a notebook page
d) a drinking straw

Show answer

d) a drinking straw

2. When you lay a cylinder on its side, it can ____.

a) roll
b) bounce
c) fold
d) melt

Show answer

a) roll

Associated Words

Words that end in -nder: grinder, under, blunder

More words from this list

fern, hint, moderate, rewind, stencil, tutor, anklet, chilly

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