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Spell Bee Word: Doormat

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What does doormat mean?

Word: Doormat

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Doormat means a rough mat kept at the door for wiping your feet before you go in.

Synonyms: mat

How do you spell doormat?

Syllables: door - mat

Tricky part: Door has two o's, and that stays the same in doormat. Children often drop one o and write dormat.

Watch out for: dormat, doremat, doarmat

Memory tip: Picture the two o's of door as two round footprints left on the doormat.

Doormat in a sentence

Example 1: Wipe your feet on the doormat.

Example 2: Our doormat says Welcome in big letters.

Example 3: The puppy fell asleep on the doormat.

Fun Fact

Many doormats are made of coir, the rough fibre from coconut husks, and Kerala makes a large share of them.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) doormut
b) doormat
c) doormatt
d) doormet

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b) doormat. Doormat is door plus mat, and mat keeps its own short a and one t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

otmoard

a) doortam
b) doormat
c) dooramt
d) doormta

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b) doormat. Keep the two o's together after the d; the other letters follow in the order you hear them.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

doorrmat

a) m
b) r
c) t
d) o

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b) r. Only one r sits in the middle of doormat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A doormat usually lies on the ____.

a) wall
b) ceiling
c) floor
d) table

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c) floor

2. On a rainy day, a doormat stops ____ coming into the house.

a) mud
b) noise
c) wind
d) sunlight

Show answer

a) mud

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with d: detail, delighted, decide, difficult, dinner, doughnut

More words from this list

gloomy, invent, motor, queen, soap, tropical, amaze, canteen

Next steps

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