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

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646 words · showing 601–646

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  • crush/kɹʌʃ/verbB15 meaningsTo press something so hard that it breaks or loses its shape.
  • crust/kɹʌst/nounB22 meaningsThe thin solid outer layer of the earth.
  • crusty/ˈkɹʌsti/adjectiveB22 meaningsHaving a hard dry outer layer.
  • crutch/ˈkɹʌt͡ʃ/nounB1+2 meaningsA support you lean on to walk while a leg is injured.
  • crutchesnounB1+2 meaningsSupports held under the arm or forearm to help someone walk.
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To waste sadness on a small mistake already made.
  • cryptocurrency/ˈkɹɪp.toʊˌkɝ.ən.si/nounB2Digital money that lives on no bank, only on math.
  • crystal/ˈkɹɪstəl/nounB13 meaningsA solid whose atoms are arranged in a regular repeating pattern.
  • cube/kjuːb/nounB25 meaningsA solid shape with six equal square faces.
  • cubic/ˈkjuː.bɪk/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsMeasured in units of volume, in three dimensions.
  • cue/kjuː/nounB2A signal that it is your turn to act or speak.
  • cuff/kʌf/nounB2The band at the end of a sleeve.
  • cul-de-sac/ˈkʌldəsæk/nounB22 meaningsA street closed at one end.
  • culprit/ˈkʌlpɹɪt/nounB2+2 meaningsThe person who did the wrong thing.
  • cunning/ˈkʌnɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsClever in a sly, scheming way.
  • curb/kɝb/nounB12 meaningsThe raised stone edge where a pavement meets the road.
  • cure/kjɔː/verbB25 meaningsTo make a sick person well, or to end a disease completely.
  • cured/kjʊəd/adjectiveB22 meaningsPreserved with salt, smoke or time.
  • curfew/ˈkɜː.fjuː/nounB22 meaningsA rule that everybody must be off the streets by a set hour.
  • curiosity/ˌkjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti/nounB22 meaningsA strong desire to know or learn something.
  • curious/ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs/adjectiveB12 meaningsEager to know or learn something.
  • curl/kɜːl/nounB22 meaningsA lock of hair that turns in a spiral.
  • curling/ˈkəɹlɪŋ/nounB2A game of sliding heavy stones towards a target on ice.
  • current/ˈkʌɹənt/adjectiveB14 meaningsBelonging to the present moment; in force now.
  • current accountnounB2The everyday account you pay bills from.
  • curriculum vitae/kəˈɹɪkjələm ˈviːteɪ/nounB2The document listing your education and jobs.
  • curse/kɜːs/nounA2+4 meaningsWords spoken over somebody to bring harm on them.
  • curtain/ˈkɜːtn̩/nounB12 meaningsThe cloth pulled across a window.
  • curtain callnounB2The return of the cast to receive applause.
  • curve/kɜːv/nounB24 meaningsA line that bends smoothly, with no corners or angles.
  • curved/kɜːvd/adjectiveB2Bending smoothly like part of a circle.
  • cushion/ˈkʊʃən/nounB12 meaningsA soft pad for sitting or leaning on.
  • custard pienounB2The soft missile thrown in a comic act.
  • custody/ˈkʌstədiː/nounB23 meaningsThe state of being held by the police and not free to leave.
  • custom/ˈkʌstəm/nounB12 meaningsA traditional and widely accepted way of behaving in a society.
  • customs/ˈkʌs.təmz/nounB12 meaningsThe place at a border or airport where officials check what travellers are bringing in.
  • customs formnounB2The declaration attached to a package going abroad.
  • cut/kʌt/verbA16 meaningsTo divide or open something with a blade.
  • cut backphraseB2To reduce the amount of something.
  • cut it outphraseB2What you snap at someone to make them stop annoying you.
  • cut off/ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf]phraseB2To separate or disconnect — a phone line, power, or a village by snow.
  • cut your lossesphraseB2To stop before a bad situation gets worse.
  • cybercrimenounB2Crime committed through computers and networks.
  • cycle/ˈsaɪ.kəl/verbA2+2 meaningsTo ride a bicycle.
  • cylinder/ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/nounB1+3 meaningsA solid shape with matching circular ends and straight sides.
  • cylindrical/sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/adjectiveB2Shaped like a cylinder, a round tube with flat ends.