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Spell Bee Word: Matron


What does matron mean?

Word: Matron

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Matron means a woman in charge of the nurses in a hospital, or one who takes care of the pupils living at a boarding school.

How do you spell matron?

Syllables: ma - tron

Tricky part: The first a is long, as in mate, but there is no e or y after it. The end is ron, not ran or run.

Watch out for: matran, maytron, matrun

Memory tip: A matron may wear an apron, and the two words end the same way: matRON, apRON.

Matron in a sentence

Example 1: The hostel matron checks that every girl is in bed by nine.

Example 2: Matron gave me an extra blanket on the cold night.

Example 3: The hospital matron walked round the ward each morning.

Fun Fact

In British hospitals the title matron mostly disappeared after the late 1960s, but the job came back in 2001 as the modern matron.

Practise the CREST Way

Jumble Tumble

Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:

tamorn 123456

a) 312546
b) 321546
c) 645123
d) 321564

Show answer

b) 321546. M (3), a (2), t (1), r (5), o (4), n (6) spells matron.

Word Champ

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

matron

a) motor
b) torn
c) tram
d) moan

Show answer

a) motor. Matron gives you a single o, and motor uses two.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) matron
b) docter
c) nurse
d) patient

Show answer

b) docter. Doctor ends in or; matron, nurse and patient are correct.

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) ribbon
b) mattron
c) medicine
d) pillow

Show answer

b) mattron. Matron has only one t after the a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a school matron most likely to keep in her room?

a) a first-aid box
b) a fishing net
c) a cricket bat
d) a set of drums

Show answer

a) a first-aid box

2. Matron comes from the Latin word mater, which means ___.

a) doctor
b) mother
c) queen
d) teacher

Show answer

b) mother

Associated Words

Words that end in -ron: heron, baron, apron

More words from this list

process, sprain, thought, wrap, buttercup, crispy, dung, hamster

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