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Spell Bee Word: Dustbin


What does dustbin mean?

Word: Dustbin

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Dustbin means a container for rubbish and waste.

Synonyms: bin, rubbish bin

How do you spell dustbin?

Syllables: dust - bin

Tricky part: Children often drop the t and write dusbin, because the t is hard to hear before the b.

Watch out for: dusbin, dastbin, dustbeen

Memory tip: Say dust-bin with a clear t, as if you are tapping the lid. Hearing the t helps you write it.

Dustbin in a sentence

Example 1: Put the banana peel in the dustbin.

Example 2: Our school has a green dustbin and a blue dustbin.

Example 3: The dustbin outside our gate is emptied every morning.

Fun Fact

Dustbin is the British word. In American English, people usually say trash can or garbage can.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) bucket
b) basket
c) dustbinn
d) rubbish

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c) dustbinn. Dustbin ends in one n.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

dustb_n

a) i
b) o
c) a
d) e

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a) i. The vowel in the second half of dustbin is a short i.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tbidsun

a) dutsbin
b) udstbin
c) dsutbin
d) dustbin

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d) dustbin. Find the four letters of dust first, then use the three that are left.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these belongs in a dustbin?

a) a clean shirt
b) an empty crisp packet
c) a library book
d) a new pencil

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b) an empty crisp packet

2. Using a dustbin keeps our street ____.

a) wet
b) noisy
c) clean
d) dark

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c) clean

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: bin

More words from this list

granddaughter, jelly, nightdress, sparkler, uniform, argue, cause, double

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