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SPELLDOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spelldown mean?
• SPELLDOWN (noun)
The noun SPELLDOWN has 1 sense:
1. a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly
Familiarity information: SPELLDOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
spelldown; spelling bee; spelling contest
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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