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Spell Bee Word: Nutmeg

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What does nutmeg mean?

Word: Nutmeg

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Nutmeg means a spice made from the hard brown seed of a tree. It flavours sweets like custard and rice pudding.

How do you spell nutmeg?

Syllables: nut - meg

Tricky part: The second half is meg, with an e, not mag or mig.

Watch out for: nutmag, nutmig, nutmegg

Memory tip: The end of the spice is the girl's name Meg: picture Meg grating it into a bowl of rice pudding.

Nutmeg in a sentence

Example 1: Mum adds a pinch of nutmeg to the rice pudding.

Example 2: Nutmeg has a warm, sweet smell.

Example 3: Grenada, an island in the Caribbean, grows a lot of nutmeg.

Next steps

Fun Fact

One fruit gives two spices: nutmeg is the seed, and mace is the red, lacy cover wrapped around it.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pepper
b) garlic
c) nuttmeg
d) ginger

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c) nuttmeg. Only one t comes before the m.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tegmun

a) nutmeg
b) untmeg
c) tunmeg
d) ntumeg

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a) nutmeg. All four end with Meg; only one puts the first three letters in the order you hear them.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

n_tmeg

a) o
b) u
c) i
d) a

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b) u. The first vowel is u, as in cut.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nutmeg is not really a nut. Which of these belongs in the same group as nutmeg?

a) cinnamon
b) peanut
c) walnut
d) cashew

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a) cinnamon

2. Which tool would you use to turn a whole nutmeg into powder at home?

a) a ladle
b) a sieve
c) a rolling pin
d) a grater

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d) a grater

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with n: nightdress, notice, nineteen, nostril, neigh

More words from this list

repair, sponge, vegetarian, available, chalk, drowsy, grandchild, jaw

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