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How to spell flash

Flash is spelled F-L-A-S-H.

What it means: A sudden burst of light.

In a sentence: The flash of lightning lit up the night sky. ▶

Same family: flashes, flashing, flashed, flashlight, flashy. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Flash comes from a Middle English word meaning ‘to sprinkle or splash,’ and over time it shifted to mean a sudden burst of light. Photographic flashes were first made with actual burning powder before electric flash bulbs were invented.

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