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Spell Bee Word: Knot


What does knot mean?

Word: Knot

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Knot means a tight twist or loop made when a string, rope or lace is tied around itself.

Sounds like: not (a small word that makes a sentence mean the opposite, as in 'I am not sleepy'.)

How do you spell knot?

Syllables: knot

Tricky part: The k makes no sound, so knot sounds exactly like not. Pupils who write only what they hear end up with not, a completely different word.

Watch out for: knoat, knote, knaut

Memory tip: Knot is the word not with a k tied on at the front, the way you tie a knot at the end of a thread.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. tie the knot: To get married. Example: "My cousin tied the knot in Udaipur last winter."

Knot in a sentence

Example 1: My shoelace has a knot I cannot open.

Example 2: Papa tied a strong knot to hold the tent rope.

Example 3: Combing the knots out of my hair takes ages.

Fun Fact

Sailors measure a ship's speed in knots. One knot is one nautical mile an hour, a little more than 1.8 kilometres an hour.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tounge
b) knot
c) plumer
d) sissors

Show answer

b) knot. Tongue, scissors and plumber are three of the hardest everyday spellings, and each has a letter missing or out of place here.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

knot

a) hook
b) tie
c) gap
d) nail

Show answer

b) tie. To knot a rope is to tie it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Arjun could not undo the knott in his kite string.

a) knott
b) string
c) kite
d) undo

Show answer

a) knott. Knot ends with a single t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Choose the right pair: I could ____ untie the ____ in my shoelace.

a) not, knot
b) knot, not
c) not, not
d) knot, knot

Show answer

a) not, knot

2. If your stomach is in knots, you feel ____.

a) hungry
b) sleepy
c) nervous
d) cheerful

Show answer

c) nervous

Associated Words

laptoppatientharborfloodwonder
kneadcommitbeliefenergeticglory

Next steps

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