fairy tale

Pluralfairy tales, fairy-tales

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   magic storynouncountable

   A story with fairies or other magical characters, either passed down by people or written by an author.

   My little brother always wants a fairy tale with a dragon in it before bed.

   In the fairy tale, a kind fairy turns a pumpkin into a coach.

   Similarfolktale, tale

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   magicaladjective · fairy-tale

   Very much like a fairy tale, as if it came straight out of one.

   They had a fairy-tale wedding in a garden full of tiny lights.

   With snow on every roof, the little village had a fairy-tale look.

   Similarstorybook, magical, enchanted, idyllic

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   lienouncountable

   A story someone says is true, but that is too hard to believe.

   Nobody believed his fairy tale about finding the money on the street.

   Don't tell me another fairy tale about why you were late again.

   Similarlie, fabrication, fantasy, fiction, invention

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   ideal lifenouncountable

   A happy, perfect situation that very few people ever get.

   Since they won the lottery, their life has been a fairy tale.

   For one perfect summer at the lake, the whole family lived in a fairy tale.

   Similardream, idyll, paradise

   Oppositenightmare

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   literary genrenoununcountable

   The type of writing made up of stories about fairies and other magical characters.

   Magic spells and talking animals are common in the world of fairy tale.

   My teacher says fairy tale is one of the oldest kinds of storytelling.

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   old spellingnoun · fairy-tale

   An old-fashioned way of writing fairy tale, with a hyphen between the words.

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