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Spell Bee Word: Peanut

Peanut (noun): a small nut-like seed that grows in a shell under the ground. It is also called a groundnut.


What does peanut mean?

Word: Peanut

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Peanut means a small nut-like seed that grows in a shell under the ground. It is also called a groundnut.

Synonyms: groundnut

How do you spell peanut?

Syllables: pea - nut

Tricky part: Peanut starts with pea, the small green seed, and the ea of pea is the part children most often get wrong.

Watch out for: peenut, penut, pinut

Memory tip: A peanut is about the size of a pea, and it starts with that little word, ea and all.

Peanut in a sentence

Example 1: Grandpa bought a paper cone of hot peanuts at the beach.

Example 2: Grandma adds roasted peanuts to her salad.

Example 3: The monkey grabbed a peanut from my hand.

Fun Fact

India is one of the world's biggest growers of groundnuts, and Gujarat grows more than any other state.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) peanat
b) peanut
c) peanet
d) peanit

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b) peanut. The vowel in the last part is u, as in cup.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

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a) peatnu
b) peaunt
c) peantu
d) peanut

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d) peanut. Read each option aloud: only one sounds like the snack.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

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a) r
b) k
c) n
d) m

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c) n. The sound after pea is n.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The squirel held a peanut in its tiny paws.

a) held
b) tiny
c) peanut
d) squirel

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d) squirel. Squirrel has a double r in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must you do before eating a roasted peanut?

a) peel off its leaves
b) crack open its shell
c) cut it with a knife
d) soak it in milk

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b) crack open its shell

2. Which of these is made by crushing roasted peanuts?

a) peanut butter
b) apple juice
c) cheese
d) chocolate milk

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a) peanut butter

Associated Words

Words that start with pea: peace, peacock, peaceful

More words from this list

success, without, blouse, coral, fair, hardware, lesson, scholar

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