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Spell Bee Word: Fabric


What does fabric mean?

Word: Fabric

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fabric means material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for clothes, curtains, bags and other things.

Synonyms: material

How do you spell fabric?

Syllables: fab - ric

Tricky part: The k sound at the end is spelt with just a c. Children often write ck or k.

Watch out for: fabrick, febric

Memory tip: The k sound at the end of fabric is just a c, the same letter that ends music and magic.

Fabric in a sentence

Example 1: Mother bought blue fabric for a kurta.

Example 2: This fabric feels soft and smooth.

Example 3: Grandma keeps old fabric to make bags.

Fun Fact

Fabric comes from the Latin word fabrica, a workshop. In English it first meant a building, and only later the woven stuff that clothes are made from.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) fabrac
b) fabrec
c) fabbric
d) fabric

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d) fabric. Only one b, and the last vowel is i: fab-ric.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

birfac

a) fabirc
b) fbaric
c) farbic
d) fabric

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d) fabric. Start with the f, and make sure the c comes last.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

fab_ic

a) l
b) n
c) r
d) w

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c) r. Say fab-ric: the second part starts with r.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

fabric

a) cloth
b) metal
c) wood
d) stone

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a) cloth. Fabric and cloth both mean the soft stuff clothes are made from.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a fabric?

a) paper
b) glass
c) cotton
d) plastic

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c) cotton

2. Who uses fabric to make clothes?

a) a carpenter
b) a potter
c) a cobbler
d) a tailor

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d) a tailor

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: material

More words from this list

ground, maize, pocket, share, thorn, admit, blood, coat

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