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Spell Bee Word: pasture


Basic Details

Word: Pasture

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Land covered with grass where cows, sheep, goats or horses are left to feed.

Synonyms: meadow, grassland, field

Sounds like: pastor (a priest in charge of a church)

How to Spell Pasture

Syllables: pas - ture

Tricky part: The ending sounds like cher, but it is written ture, the same as in picture and nature.

Watch out for: pastur, paschure, pastuer

Memory tip: A pasture makes a pretty picture, and both words end in t-u-r-e.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. put out to pasture: made to retire because of age Example: "The old school bus was put out to pasture after thirty years."

Usage Examples

Example 1: The shepherd moves his flock to a higher pasture every summer.

Example 2: Horses galloped across the pasture when the gate was opened.

Example 3: After the rains, the dry pasture near the village turned bright green.

Fun Fact

Pasture and pastor come from the same Latin root, pascere, to feed; a pastor was first a shepherd.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

trupase

a) rupture
b) pasture
c) posture
d) capture

Show answer

b) pasture. Posture needs an o and capture a c, so only pasture fits these seven letters.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The farmer led his goats across the stream to the green pastur near the hills.

a) farmer
b) stream
c) green
d) pastur

Show answer

d) pastur. Pasture ends with a silent e after the r.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: pasture

a) stable
b) orchard
c) meadow
d) desert

Show answer

c) meadow. A meadow is also a grassy field where animals can graze.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Animals go to a pasture mainly to ____.

a) sleep in a barn
b) eat grass
c) drink milk
d) be washed

Show answer

b) eat grass

2. Which animal would you most expect to see in a pasture?

a) a cow
b) a parrot in a cage
c) a goldfish
d) a shark

Show answer

a) a cow

Associated Words

immunetechnicaldiscountaffablemyth
administrationadmissioncompletiondizzycompost

Next steps

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