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Spell Bee Word: Houseboat


What does houseboat mean?

Word: Houseboat

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Houseboat means a boat that people can live on, with rooms, a kitchen and beds inside.

How do you spell houseboat?

Syllables: house - boat

Tricky part: Houseboat is one word with no space. Its second half is spelt with oa, so houseboot is wrong.

Watch out for: houseboot, housebote

Memory tip: Imagine a little home built right on top of a boat, the two words joined so closely that no gap is left.

Houseboat in a sentence

Example 1: We stayed on a houseboat in Alleppey.

Example 2: The houseboat floated slowly past the coconut trees.

Example 3: There are many houseboats on Dal Lake in Srinagar.

Fun Fact

Kerala's houseboats, called kettuvallams, were once used to carry rice and spices along the backwaters.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Fusion

Add the correct option to the unfinished word to make a new word:

Uncle took a photo of a ________boat on the lake.

a) howse
b) house
c) hous
d) houce

Show answer

b) house. House keeps its e when boat is joined to it.

Spell Spies

Choose the option with no spelling errors:

a) houseboat, canoo, ship, rafft
b) houseboat, kanoe, shipp, raft
c) houseboat, canoe, ship, raft
d) houseboat, canoe, shep, rafte

Show answer

c) houseboat, canoe, ship, raft. Canoe, ship and raft are all spelt right only in this list.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

houseboat

a) shout
b) boast
c) tooth
d) those

Show answer

c) tooth. Tooth needs two t's, and houseboat has just one.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would you NOT find on a houseboat?

a) a small kitchen
b) a railway line
c) a cosy bed
d) a big window

Show answer

b) a railway line

2. A houseboat is tied up at the shore. What is it tied with?

a) a paper ribbon
b) a rubber band
c) a strong rope
d) a thin thread

Show answer

c) a strong rope

Associated Words

vegetationnoveltyharassdazedlandmark
repellenthuddlebrisknesssignificantjoyless

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