What does flannel mean?
Word: Flannel
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Flannel means a soft, warm cloth, usually made of wool or cotton, used for shirts, nightwear and blankets. In Britain a flannel is also a small cloth for washing your face.
How do you spell flannel?
Syllables: flan - nel
Tricky part: The n is doubled in the middle. Flanel, with only one n, is the slip most children make.
Watch out for: flanel, flannal
Memory tip: Flannel keeps you snug, and so do its two n's, snuggled side by side in the middle of the word.
Flannel in a sentence
Example 1: Nani wraps the baby in a soft flannel sheet on cold nights.
Example 2: My checked flannel shirt keeps me warm on the school trip to Shimla.
Example 3: Grandpa's old flannel blanket is still soft after many winters.
Fun Fact
The word flannel may come from the Welsh word gwlan, which means wool. Wales was once well known for weaving woollen flannel.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) mufler
b) blankit
c) flannel
d) sweter
Show answer
c) flannel. Blanket needs et, sweater needs ea and muffler needs ff; flannel is the only word written in full.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
flannell
a) n
b) l
c) a
d) e
Show answer
b) l. Flannel finishes with a single l; the second one is extra.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lenfnal
a) lfannel
b) falnnel
c) flannel
d) flannle
Show answer
c) flannel. Find the two n's and keep them together; f and l start the word.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Before bed, Kiran changed into her warm flennel pyjamas.
a) flennel
b) pyjamas
c) warm
d) changed
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a) flennel. Flannel starts like flag, with fla.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does flannel feel most like to touch?
a) a rough brick wall
b) a soft, fuzzy blanket
c) a smooth glass window
d) a shiny steel plate
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b) a soft, fuzzy blanket
2. Riya's aunt in London hands her a wet flannel after dinner. It is for ____.
a) polishing her school shoes
b) drying the dinner plates
c) wrapping up a present
d) wiping her face and hands
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d) wiping her face and hands
