SPELLDOWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly

Synonyms:

spelldown; spelling bee; spelling contest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("spelldown" is a kind of...):

competition; contest (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)

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