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Spell Bee Word: Plait


What does plait mean?

Word: Plait

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Plait means hair or rope made by crossing three or more strands over one another. To plait is to make hair into this shape.

How do you spell plait?

Syllables: plait

Tricky part: In British English plait is said like plat, so the ai is easy to forget. Write both vowels: p-l-a-i-t.

Watch out for: plaet, pliat, plaite

Memory tip: Hair has ai in the middle, and so does plait. A plait is made of hair, so it borrows the same two letters.

Plait in a sentence

Example 1: Ammu wears two plaits tied with red bows to school.

Example 2: My grandmother can plait my hair in less than a minute.

Example 3: The rope was made by plaiting thin strips of coconut fibre.

Fun Fact

Plait and pleat come from the same Old French word, pleit, which meant a fold.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Champ

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

plait

a) pit
b) tall
c) tail
d) lap

Show answer

b) tall. Tall needs two l's, but plait has only one.

Spell Spies

Choose the option with no spelling errors:

a) plait, ribbon, mirror, shampoo
b) plait, ribben, mirrer, shampoo
c) plait, ribbon, miror, shampo
d) plait, ribon, mirror, shampu

Show answer

a) plait, ribbon, mirror, shampoo. Ribbon and mirror each need a double letter, and shampoo ends in oo.

Jumble Tumble

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

t l i p a 1 2 3 4 5

a) 45231
b) 42531
c) 13524
d) 24531

Show answer

b) 42531. Take p, l, a, i and t, which are letters 4, 2, 5, 3 and 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In American English, a plait is usually called a ______.

a) fringe
b) braid
c) bun
d) curl

Show answer

b) braid

2. Which other thing is made by crossing strands over one another?

a) a woven basket
b) a glass jar
c) a steel spoon
d) a clay pot

Show answer

a) a woven basket

Associated Words

More Class 3 Winter Spell Bee words starting with p: postcard, package, pedal, pole, process, pyramid

More words from this list

sneaky, tackle, whose, booth, connect, download, gravel, laundry

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