What does each word mean? A creak is a squeaking sound like the one made by a stair. Here is creak used in some example sentences: Watch out for the creaking stair. We heard an ominous creak. The rocking chair creaked but no one was sitting in it. Look up creak in the Spellzone dictionary. A creek is a stream of water that is smaller than a river. Here is creek used in some example sentences: The bubbling creek was peaceful to listen to. They live on the other side of the creek. The creek connects to the river. Look up creek in the Spellzone dictionary. Where does each word come from? The word...
Happy Wednesday. In this week’s Word for Wednesday we’ll be taking a look at the word Hippopotamus in the first of a series of animal-inspired posts in which we’ll discover just how imaginative (or not!) the wordsmiths of old really were! Come to think of it, imagine a time when everything had yet to be named… As interesting and appropriate as it now seems, the word Hippopotamus comes from two Greek words: ‘hippos’ meaning ‘horse’ and ‘potamos’ meaning ‘river’. Somehow, ‘horse of the river’ seems too majestic a title for the rather terrifying pig-like creature and interestingly, the hippo’s closest ...
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