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Definition of "spelling bee" []

  • A contest in which competitors are eliminated as they fail to spell a given word correctly. Also called spelldown. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "spelling bee" in a sentence
  • "As Abhi Roy said in an interview, Sukanya's performance in the spelling bee "wasn't about winning; we want her to appreciate the language.""
  • "A K A R I win a spelling bee p.s. Every difficult word above -- except for "uakari" -- was in the 2009 National Spellng Bee p.p.s. I recorded this song live, and yes, by accident I DID spell "clogwyn" wrong."
  • "She considered saying onomatopoeia, a word that had enabled her to win a spelling bee in the fifth grade."
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