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Spell Bee Word: Honeycomb

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What does honeycomb mean?

Word: Honeycomb

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Honeycomb means the wax structure of many small cells that bees build to store honey and to raise their young.

How do you spell honeycomb?

Syllables: hon - ey - comb

Tricky part: The middle has ey and a single n, and the word ends in a silent b.

Watch out for: honeycom, honycomb, hunnycomb

Memory tip: Think of the silent b at the end as a bee resting quietly: you see it but never hear it.

Honeycomb in a sentence

Example 1: The beekeeper in Coorg lifted out a frame of dripping honeycomb.

Example 2: The floor tiles in the hotel lobby were laid in a honeycomb pattern.

Example 3: Never poke a honeycomb hanging from a branch, because the bees will defend it.

Fun Fact

Bees make the wax for a honeycomb themselves, from special glands on the underside of their bodies.

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Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) buterfly
b) ladybirde
c) grasshoper
d) honeycomb

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d) honeycomb. Only honeycomb is complete: butterfly and grasshopper need their double letters, and ladybird has no e at the end.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

h_neyc_mb

a) u, o
b) o, u
c) a, o
d) o, o

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d) o, o. Honey and comb both take an o, though the first one sounds like the u in sun.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

bcohmyneo

a) honeymoon
b) honeybee
c) homecoming
d) honeycomb

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d) honeycomb. The b and c give it away: honeymoon has neither, and homecoming and honeybee each lack one of them.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) beehive
b) polen
c) honeycomb
d) nectar

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b) polen. Pollen has a double l; beehive, nectar and honeycomb are all spelt correctly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each cell in a honeycomb has how many sides?

a) four
b) eight
c) six
d) five

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c) six

2. Which Indian animal is known for raiding honeycombs?

a) the mongoose
b) the sloth bear
c) the nilgai
d) the elephant

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b) the sloth bear

Associated Words

More Class 6 Summer Spell Bee words starting with h: husbandry, hedge, hazardous, hesitant, haulage, hygienist

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methodology, precipitation, stalagmite, vocation, ancestry, changeable, deceive, excel

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