What does dungarees mean?
Word: Dungarees
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Dungarees means an item of clothing made of trousers with a bib at the front and two straps that go over the shoulders.
How do you spell dungarees?
Syllables: dun - ga - rees
Tricky part: The middle syllable is said very quickly, so children write dungerees or dungrees. The letter after the g is an a.
Watch out for: dungerees, dungrees
Memory tip: Painters and gardeners often wear them, so let garden help you: the middle of the word has the same gar.
Dungarees in a sentence
Example 1: My little cousin wore blue dungarees to the picnic in Lodhi Garden.
Example 2: The painter wiped his brush on the front pocket of his dungarees.
Example 3: These dungarees have two big buttons on the straps.
Fun Fact
British English calls these clothes dungarees, while American English usually calls them overalls. Like trousers, the word is plural, so you put on a pair of dungarees.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
dungar___
a) eas
b) ies
c) eez
d) ees
Show answer
d) ees. Picture the two matching letters as the two buttons on the straps.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
dungarees
a) guarded
b) garden
c) grease
d) sugar
Show answer
a) guarded. The given word has just one d, but guarded needs two.
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) dungarees, cardigan, waistcoat, pyjamas
b) dungarees, cardigen, waistcoat, pijamas
c) dungarees, cardegan, wastecoat, pyjammas
d) dungarrees, cardigan, waistcote, pyjamas
Show answer
a) dungarees, cardigan, waistcoat, pyjamas. Waistcoat is a coat for the waist, and pyjamas has one m.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
saeredngu
a) clothes a painter might wear, with a bib to catch the drips
b) soft shoes a dancer might wear on a wooden stage
c) a cap a cook might wear to keep hair out of the food
d) a thick coat a climber might wear high in the snowy hills
Show answer
a) clothes a painter might wear, with a bib to catch the drips. The nine letters rearrange into the outfit on this page.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Meera spilt paint on the bib of her dungarees. Where is the paint?
a) on the cuffs of her sleeves
b) on the soles of her shoes
c) on the back of her knees
d) on the front, near her chest
Show answer
d) on the front, near her chest
2. Why do these clothes have long straps?
a) to hang them on a hook at night
b) to keep the wearer's legs warm
c) to make them easy to fold away
d) to hold them up from the shoulders
Show answer
d) to hold them up from the shoulders
