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Spell Bee Word: Serviceable

Serviceable (adjective): good enough to be used and able to do its job, even if it is not new or fancy.


What does serviceable mean?

Word: Serviceable

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Serviceable means good enough to be used and able to do its job, even if it is not new or fancy.

Synonyms: usable, functional, practical

Antonyms: useless, broken

How do you spell serviceable?

Syllables: ser - vice - a - ble

Tricky part: The e at the end of service stays when the ending is added, so the c keeps its soft s sound. Servicable is the usual mistake.

Watch out for: servicable, servisable, serveceable

Memory tip: Keep the e of service and the c keeps its soft s sound, as in ice.

Serviceable in a sentence

Example 1: The old bicycle was scratched but still serviceable.

Example 2: Grandpa gave me a serviceable pair of boots for the trek.

Example 3: After the repairs, the rusty pump was serviceable again.

Fun Fact

Service comes from the Latin servitium, meaning the work done by a servant, from servus, a servant.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

service

a) able
b) eable
c) ible
d) abel

Show answer

a) able. Service is a full English word, and full words usually take able.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) valuble
b) dependible
c) manegeable
d) serviceable

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d) serviceable. Manageable has an a after the m, dependable ends in able, and valuable has ua.

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:

serv_ceab_e

a) e, l
b) i, l
c) a, l
d) i, e

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b) i, l. Service has an i before c, and able ends in le.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A serviceable raincoat is one that ____.

a) keeps you dry, though it is old
b) is too small for you to wear
c) leaks badly whenever it rains
d) is the newest style in the shops

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a) keeps you dry, though it is old

2. Which of these words, like serviceable, keeps the e of its base word before able?

a) lovable
b) excitable
c) usable
d) noticeable

Show answer

d) noticeable

Associated Words

Words that end in -eable: changeable, irreplaceable, replaceable, peaceable

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: practical, useless

More words from this list

unitary, advocacy, boycott, convoy, embarrassing, groundwork, literal, peninsula

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