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Spell Bee Word: Plumber


What does plumber mean?

Word: Plumber

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Plumber means a person whose job is to fit and repair water pipes, taps, toilets and drains.

How do you spell plumber?

Syllables: plumb - er

Tricky part: The b is silent. We say plum-uh, but the b still has to be written after the m.

Watch out for: plumer, plomber, plumbre

Memory tip: The silent b of plumber hides like the silent b in thumb and lamb. Picture a plumber with a sore thumb.

Plumber in a sentence

Example 1: The plumber fixed the leaking pipe under the sink.

Example 2: We need a plumber; the bathroom tap will not turn off.

Example 3: Our plumber carries a big red toolbox.

Fun Fact

Plumber comes from the Latin plumbum, meaning lead, because old water pipes were made of lead. The chemical symbol for lead, Pb, comes from the same word.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

plumb

a) ir
b) or
c) er
d) ar

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c) er. Plumb + er gives plumber, and the b stays even though it is silent.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) carpanter
b) electrishan
c) plumber
d) mechanik

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c) plumber. Plumber keeps its silent b and is right; carpenter, electrician and mechanic are misspelt.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rumpleb

a) plumber
b) plunder
c) grumble
d) number

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a) plumber. Grumble and number have no p, and plunder has a d, so these letters make plumber.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The plumber climbed up to fix the water tank on our ruftop.

a) water
b) climbed
c) plumber
d) ruftop

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d) ruftop. Rooftop is roof and top joined, and roof has a double o.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these jobs would a plumber do?

a) mend a torn shirt
b) unblock a kitchen drain
c) fix a broken ceiling fan
d) repair a car tyre

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b) unblock a kitchen drain

2. A plumber's toolbox will almost surely hold ____.

a) a paintbrush
b) a whisk
c) a stethoscope
d) a spanner

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d) a spanner

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with pl: pleasure, plead, placement

More words from this list

round, tactful, wonderful, biodiversity, cyclone, entertain, harmonious, manage

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