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Spell Bee Word: Thermometer


What does thermometer mean?

Word: Thermometer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Thermometer means an instrument that measures how hot or cold something is.

How do you spell thermometer?

Syllables: ther - mom - e - ter

Tricky part: British English writes metre for the unit of length, so children often end this word in tre. For the instrument, Oxford spells the ending -meter.

Watch out for: thermometre, thermomiter

Memory tip: Metre is for measuring length; a meter is a machine that measures, and this instrument is one of those machines.

Thermometer in a sentence

Example 1: The thermometer on our balcony showed 44 degrees in May.

Example 2: Our science teacher put a thermometer in the beaker of ice.

Example 3: Ravi checked the thermometer before deciding to wear a sweater.

Fun Fact

The Celsius scale on most thermometers in the world is named after Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer who suggested it in 1742.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the prefix that completes the word:

____meter

a) thermi
b) therma
c) thermo
d) thermu

Show answer

c) thermo. The part meaning heat ends in o, as in thermos and thermostat.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

thermommeter

a) t
b) h
c) o
d) m

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d) m. The middle m is said once and written once.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

remotethrem

a) kilometre
b) barometer
c) thermometer
d) thermostat

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c) thermometer. Barometer needs a b, thermostat an s and kilometre a k, and the jumble has none of those.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) magnifiing
b) microskope
c) thermometer
d) telescoap

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c) thermometer. Microscope and telescope both end in scope, and magnifying keeps the y of magnify.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A thermometer outside reads 2 degrees Celsius. What should you wear?

a) a swimming costume
b) a light raincoat only
c) a cotton T-shirt
d) a warm coat and gloves

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d) a warm coat and gloves

2. What could you check with a thermometer?

a) how heavy a school bag is
b) how warm the bath water is
c) how loud the music is
d) how long the table is

Show answer

b) how warm the bath water is

Associated Words

Words that end in -ter: blister, cluster, character, interpreter, foster, babysitter

More words from this list

annul, brochure, contemporary, discrepancy, foretell, innocence, ninth, regard

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