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spelt
(spelt)
1.
Spelt is a past tense and past participle form of spell.
[mainly British]2. uncountable noun
Spelt is a type of wheat that was widely grown hundreds of years ago and is now popular as a health food.
spelt in British English 1
(spɛlt)
verb
a past tense and past participle of spell1
spelt in British English 2
(spɛlt)
noun
a species of wheat, Triticum spelta, that was formerly much cultivated and was used to develop present-day cultivated wheats
Word origin
Old English; related to Old Saxon spelta, Old High German spelzaspelt in American English 1
(spɛlt)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
alt. pt. & pp. of
spell2
spelt in American English 2
(spɛlt)
noun
a primitive species (Triticum spelta) of wheat with grains that do not thresh free of the chaff: now seldom cultivated
Word origin
ME < OE < LL spelta < Gmc *speltō < IE base *(s)p(h)el-, to split off > spill1Image ofspelt
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Examples of 'spelt' in a sentencespelt
Chinese translation of 'spelt'
spelt
(spɛlt)
pt, pp
- of spell
spell
(spɛl)
Word forms:ptpp spelled spelt
n (c)
- (= period)
一段时(時)间(間)
(yī duàn shíjiān) - (also magic spell)
咒语(語)
(zhòuyǔ)
vt
- [word]
用字母拼
(yòng zìmǔ pīn) - [disaster, trouble]
招致
(zhāozhì)to cast a spell on sb [witch]用咒语(語)迷惑某人
(yòng zhòuyǔ míhuò mǒurén) (fig)迷住某人
(mízhù mǒurén)to be/fall under sb's spell被某人迷住
(bèi mǒurén mízhù)he can't spell他不会(會)拼写(寫)
(tā bùhuì pīnxiě)
Nearby words ofspelt
- spell out
- spelling
- spelling mistake
- spelt
- spend
- spending
- spent
Related terms ofspelt
- spell
- spell out
- it's spelt with a double "M"