bee
- noun
- /biː/
- US
- "You should have won the spelling bee, Tanisha," she read.
- a spelling bee
- a national bee
Singing like spelling bees, like mostly singing and art.
- Singing like spelling bees, like mostly singing and art.
- Spelling bee won that fifth grade test.
- I'm not quite John Legend tight sweater level, spelling bee level.
- Our category of words for this first round are bee things.
Examples
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The students are excited for the annual spelling bee at their school, where they will showcase their vocabulary skills.
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- We're having a spelling bee.
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All over America, children seem to be influenced, like at this spelling bee in Washington.
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I say to him, I want you to be in the math bee and the spelling bee.
Fiction book (2001) -
You're talking to the two time spelling bee champion of the district.
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All right, Taylor, our spelling bee champion at Bussen.
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Don't you want to prepare for the spelling bee?
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Most have programs for children, including essay contests, spelling bees, dance classes, language classes, and summer camps.
Academic text (2005) -
During the community bee, neighbors came together to plant trees and clean up the park.
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At the quilting bee, everyone brought their fabric and joined in to create beautiful quilts for charity.
Synonyms
A contest where people say the letters of words and are out if they make a mistake
A meeting where people work together to sew warm blankets from small cloth pieces
Idioms
Compounds
A contest where people say the letters of words and are out if they make a mistake
- Specialized
A type of honeybee made by mixing African and European bees that is very aggressive and spreads fast
- US
A meeting where people work together to sew warm blankets from small cloth pieces
- Specialized
A honey bee bred from African and European bees that is very aggressive and spreads across the Americas
A large fly that looks like a bee and catches other insects in the air to drink their juices
- Archaic
A community event where people gather to remove the outer leaves from corn and have fun
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bee (as in 'spelling bee') comes from an old idea of a friendly 'help' or meeting where neighbours worked together. One helpful way to remember it is to think of a quilting bee where people join to work or compete, so bee now means a community event to work or take part together.