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Spell Bee Word: Ounce


What does ounce mean?

Word: Ounce

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ounce means a unit of weight equal to about 28 grams. People also say an ounce of something to mean a very small amount.

Synonyms: scrap

How do you spell ounce?

Syllables: ounce

Tricky part: After oun comes ce: the c gives the s sound, and the e makes no sound. Ounse is a frequent slip.

Watch out for: ounse, ouns, ounc

Memory tip: Take the b off bounce and you are left with ounce. Bounce and ounce share every letter after the first.

Ounce in a sentence

Example 1: The recipe needs two ounces of butter.

Example 2: There was not an ounce of fear in the young climber.

Example 3: The tiny parcel weighed less than an ounce.

Fun Fact

Ounce is also an old name for the snow leopard, the big spotted cat of the Himalayas.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The jewler weighed the silver coin and said it was just under an ounce.

a) silver
b) jewler
c) under
d) ounce

Show answer

b) jewler. Jeweller is built on jewel, so the e after the w stays.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) quantaty
b) weigth
c) ounce
d) mesure

Show answer

c) ounce. Ounce is the correct one; measure, quantity and weight are misspelt in the rest.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: ounce

a) heap
b) load
c) crowd
d) bit

Show answer

d) bit. In 'not an ounce of fear', an ounce means a tiny amount.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cenuo

a) uncle
b) ounce
c) union
d) once

Show answer

b) ounce. Once is a letter short, and union and uncle need an i or an l, so the five letters spell ounce.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About an ounce is roughly the weight of ____.

a) a slice of bread
b) a cricket bat
c) a large watermelon
d) a full school bag

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a) a slice of bread

2. Sixteen ounces make one ____.

a) quintal
b) pound
c) kilogram
d) tonne

Show answer

b) pound

Associated Words

Words that end in -nce: entrance, maintenance, audience, allowance, performance, abundance

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: scrap

More words from this list

reflection, stop, venture, assist, concentrate, drake, germinate, khaki

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