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Spelling bee
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins.
- 2 a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly wordnet
Etymology
From spelling + bee (“get-together, (social) gathering, contest”). (The earliest known evidence of the phrase in print dates back to 1850.)
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