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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • cabin crewnounB2The staff who look after passengers in flight.
  • cabin pressurenounB2The air pressure kept inside an aircraft.
  • cabinet/ˈkæb.ɪ.nɪt/nounB22 meaningsThe group of senior ministers who direct a government.
  • cable/ˈkeɪ.bəl/nounB22 meaningsA thick insulated wire carrying electricity or signals.
  • cage/keɪd͡ʒ/nounB12 meaningsA box of bars for keeping a creature in.
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A sweet baked food made from flour, sugar, eggs and fat.
  • calculate/ˈkælkjʊleɪt/verbB23 meaningsTo work out an amount or an answer using numbers.
  • call/kɔːl/verbA18 meaningsTo telephone someone.
  • call it a dayphraseB2To stop working for the day, or to end something for good.
  • call numbernounB2The number that fixes a book's place on the shelves.
  • call offphraseB2To decide a planned event will not happen.
  • call outphraseB12 meaningsTo shout in order to be heard.
  • call to actionnounB2The line telling the reader exactly what to do next.
  • caller/ˈkɔːlə/nounB12 meaningsSomebody who telephones.
  • calm/kɑm/adjectiveA24 meaningsNot worried or excited.
  • camouflage/ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/nounB1+2 meaningsColours and patterns that hide something in its background.
  • campfire bannounB2A rule forbidding open fires because of fire risk.
  • campsite pitchnounB2The marked plot where you may put up a tent.
  • can't complainphraseB2A cheerful way of saying life is going well enough.
  • canal/kəˈnæl/nounB22 meaningsA waterway cut by people for boats or drainage.
  • cancel/ˈkæn.sl̩/verbA23 meaningsTo decide that something already arranged will not happen.
  • cancel outphraseB2To have an opposite effect that leaves nothing gained.
  • cancellation feenounB2A charge for ending an agreement early.
  • cancellation policynounB2The rules about changing or dropping a booking.
  • cancelledadjectiveA2+2 meaningsCalled off and not going ahead.
  • candidate/ˈkæn.dɪ.dət/nounB1+4 meaningsA person competing to be chosen for a job or a public office.
  • candlelight/ˈkæn.dl̩ˌlaɪt/nounB2The soft light of burning candles.
  • cane/keɪn/verbB22 meaningsTo beat somebody with a stick.
  • canister/ˈkænɪstɚ/nounB22 meaningsA sealed metal cylinder holding gas or liquid, often under pressure.
  • cannibal/ˈkænɪbəl/nounB2Somebody who eats the flesh of their own kind.
  • cannonball/ˈkænənˌbɔːl/nounB2The heavy iron ball an old gun fired.
  • canopy/ˈkæ.nə.pi/nounB22 meaningsThe green roof formed by treetops meeting.
  • canopy roofnounB2A small roof projecting over an entrance.
  • canvas/ˈkæn.vəs/nounC13 meaningsThe strong cloth a painter works on.
  • cap/kæp/nounB15 meaningsA soft hat with a stiff peak at the front.
  • capable/ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/adjectiveB23 meaningsHaving the skill, power or qualities needed to do something.
  • capacity/kəˈpæsɪti/nounB24 meaningsThe amount that something can hold.
  • capital/ˈkæpɪtəl/nounA2+5 meaningsThe city where a country's or region's government is based.
  • captain/ˈkæp.tɪn/nounA24 meaningsThe player who leads a sports team.
  • captchanounB2The little online puzzle that checks you are human, not a robot.
  • caption/ˈkæp.ʃən/nounB2The line of text under a photo saying what it shows.
  • captive/ˈkæptɪv/nounB22 meaningsSomebody being held prisoner.
  • captivity/kæpˈtɪvɪti/nounB2The state of being imprisoned or confined.
  • capture/ˈkæp.(t)ʃəː/verbB23 meaningsTo take an opponent's piece off the board.
  • car boot salenounB2A market where people sell from their vehicles.
  • carat/ˈkæ.ɹət/nounB2+2 meaningsThe unit by which gems are weighed.
  • caravan/ˈkæɹəvæn/nounB22 meaningsA home on wheels towed behind a car.
  • carbon/ˈkɑɹ.bən/nounB2The chemical element that living things are built around.
  • carbon datingnounB2Measuring age by the decay of a substance in remains.
  • carbon dioxide/ˌkɑː.bən daɪˈɒk.saɪd/nounB2The gas we breathe out, and the main one that traps heat.
  • carbon fibrenounB2A very light, very strong woven material of fine black threads.
  • carbon footprintnounB2The total warming gas one person or thing causes.
  • carbon monoxidenounB2A poisonous gas given off by burning fuel.
  • cardboard/ˈkɑːdbɔːd/nounB22 meaningsStiff thick paper used for boxes and packaging.
  • care/kɛə/verbA26 meaningsTo feel that someone or something matters to you.
  • career breaknounB2A planned period away from working life.
  • career laddernounB2The series of steps upward through a profession.
  • carefree/ˈkɛəfɹiː/adjectiveB2Free of worry and responsibility.
  • careful/ˈkɛɹfəl/adjectiveA23 meaningsGiving something enough attention to avoid harm or mistakes.
  • carer/ˈkɛəɹə/nounB1+2 meaningsA person who looks after someone unable to manage alone through age, illness or disability.