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Spell Bee Word: Tailcoat

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What does tailcoat mean?

Word: Tailcoat

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tailcoat means a man's very formal jacket that is short at the front and has two long pieces, called tails, hanging down at the back.

How do you spell tailcoat?

Syllables: tail - coat

Tricky part: Both halves are everyday words, and the slip is to spell the first one like the tale of a story. Write it as one word with no gap.

Watch out for: talecoat, taelcoat, tailkoat

Memory tip: A tailcoat is named after its back: what you see as the wearer walks away gives the word its first half.

Tailcoat in a sentence

Example 1: At the embassy dinner, the waiters wore black tailcoats and white gloves.

Example 2: In the old photograph, my great-grandfather is wearing a tailcoat and a top hat.

Example 3: The magician pulled a rabbit out of the pocket of his tailcoat.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Guests at the Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm follow a white tie dress code, so many of the men wear tailcoats.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) shoelase
b) tailcoat
c) buttenhole
d) wastecoat

Show answer

b) tailcoat. Shoelace needs a c, buttonhole an o and waistcoat the waist of your body, which leaves tailcoat.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

taillcoat

a) c
b) l
c) a
d) t

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b) l. Tail has one l, so tailcoat does too.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) tailcote
b) handkerchief
c) ceremonial
d) embroidery

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a) tailcote. Coat keeps its oa, so tailcoat cannot end in cote.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which event would a tailcoat fit in best?

a) a school picnic
b) a village fair
c) a royal wedding
d) a cricket practice

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c) a royal wedding

2. Who is most often seen in a tailcoat at work?

a) a hospital nurse
b) a cricket umpire
c) a traffic policeman
d) an orchestra conductor

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d) an orchestra conductor

Associated Words

More Class 6 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ta: taxation, taxonomy, taut, tariff

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