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spelt
1[spelt]
spelt
2[spelt]
noun
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
spelt
1/ ɛ /
verb
a past tense and past participle of spell 1
spelt
2/ ɛ /
noun
a species of wheat, Triticum spelta, that was formerly much cultivated and was used to develop present-day cultivated wheats
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spelt1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spelt1
Example Sentences
A second operation in May last year could have spelt the end of Cilic's career.
His team later spelt out explicitly their endorsement and insisted she was staying put in her job.
On the wall of the League of Social Democrats office, the Chinese characters for freedom are spelt out with court admission slips.
But his sister Lowri spotted one problem with the tattoo - it was not spelt correctly.
By Thursday evening, multiple sources were telling me the concessions were agreed and were big, and the outline of the about-turn was spelt out.
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When To Use
Spelt is a word. It is the simple past tense and past participle of the verb spell, as in She spelt all the words correctly on the spelling test. Spelt causes some confusion because spelled is also a valid form of the past tense and past participle of spell, as in They spelled the science terms with care to avoid mistakes. Spelled is the more common past tense form of spell.
What's the past tense of spell?
The past tense of spell can be either spelt or spelled, but spelled is much more commonly used.Advertisement
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