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

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646 words · showing 61–120

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  • caress/kəˈɹɛs/verbB2+2 meaningsTo touch or stroke gently and lovingly.
  • cargo/ˈkɑːɡəʊ/nounB2The goods carried by a ship, plane or lorry.
  • cargo holdnounB2The space below deck where freight is carried.
  • cargo planenounB2An aircraft built to carry freight.
  • carnival/ˈkɑːnɪvəl/nounB22 meaningsA public festival with costumes, music and processions.
  • carol/ˈkæɹəl/
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A joyful religious song, especially at Christmas.
  • carousel/ˌkærəˈsɛl/nounB1+2 meaningsA fairground ride of painted horses that spins.
  • carpenter/ˈkɑː.pən.tə/nounB2A person whose job is building and repairing things made of wood.
  • carriage/ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/nounB24 meaningsOne of the separate sections of a passenger train.
  • carriage windownounB2The glass you watch the country pass through.
  • carry/ˈkæɹ.i/verbA14 meaningsTo hold something and take it somewhere.
  • carry out/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/phraseB2To actually do a plan, order, or experiment.
  • carry out researchphraseB2To do systematic study of a subject.
  • carthorsenounB2A heavy horse bred to pull loads.
  • cartridge/ˈkɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/nounB2+2 meaningsA sealed container that slots into a machine.
  • carve/kɑɹv/verbB14 meaningsTo cut a shape or pattern out of wood, stone or another hard material.
  • case/keɪs/nounB13 meaningsOne example of a situation, or the situation itself.
  • case study/ˈkeɪs ˌstʌdi/nounB2A deep detailed study of one single example.
  • cash/ˈkæʃ/nounA22 meaningsPaper money and coins rather than a card.
  • cash flownounB2The movement of money in and out over time.
  • cashbacknounB2Money returned to you after a purchase.
  • casket/ˈkæs.kɪt/nounB22 meaningsA small ornamental box for jewels or valuables.
  • casserole dishnounB2A deep oven dish with a lid.
  • cast/kɑːst/verbB14 meaningsTo throw something out and away from you, aiming it.
  • cast ironnounB2Hard brittle iron poured into a mould.
  • casting/ˈkæstɪŋ/nounC12 meaningsAn object made by pouring metal into a mould.
  • casual/ˈkaʒ(uː)əl/adjectiveB23 meaningsComfortable and informal, of clothes or occasions.
  • catalyst/ˈkæt.ɪ.lɪst/nounB2+2 meaningsA substance that speeds a reaction without being used up.
  • catapult/ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/nounB2+4 meaningsA Y-shaped stick with elastic stretched between its prongs, used for shooting small stones.
  • catastrophe/kəˈtæstɹəfi/nounB23 meaningsA sudden event that causes great damage or suffering.
  • catch/kæt͡ʃ/verbA29 meaningsTo take hold of something moving through the air.
  • catch a glimpsephraseB2To see something for only a moment.
  • catch on/kæt͡ʃ ˈɒn/phraseB22 meaningsTo come to understand something.
  • catch sight ofphraseB2To see something briefly and unexpectedly.
  • catch somebody's eyephraseB2To attract somebody's notice.
  • catchy/ˈkæt͡ʃi/adjectiveB2So memorable you cannot stop humming it.
  • catering/ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/nounB2The business of supplying food for an event.
  • cathedral/kəˈθiːdɹəl/nounB2The main church of a diocese, containing a bishop's seat.
  • cause/kɔːz/verbA24 meaningsTo make something happen.
  • caution/ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/verbC12 meaningsTo advise care before acting.
  • cavalry/ˈkæ.vəl.ɹi/nounB22 meaningsSoldiers who fought on horseback.
  • cave/keɪv/nounB12 meaningsA natural hole going deep into rock.
  • cavern/ˈkav.ən/nounB2A large cave.
  • cavity/ˈkæv.ɪt.i/nounB22 meaningsA hollow space inside something.
  • cease/sis/verbB2To end an activity.
  • cedar/ˈsiː.də/nounB2A great spreading evergreen with fragrant timber.
  • ceiling/ˈsiːlɪŋ/nounB12 meaningsThe upper interior surface of a room.
  • celebrate/ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/verbA22 meaningsTo do something enjoyable to mark an occasion.
  • cell blocknounB2One wing of locked rooms inside a prison.
  • cellar/ˈsɛlə/nounB13 meaningsAn underground room below a house, used for storage.
  • cemetery/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/nounB2Ground where the dead are buried.
  • censor/ˈsɛnsə/verbB2+2 meaningsTo cut out parts the public is not allowed to see.
  • censor bleepnounB2The tone that covers a word too rude to broadcast.
  • centre aroundphraseB2To have as its main subject.
  • centred/ˈsɛn.təd/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsPlaced exactly in the middle.
  • ceramic/sɪˈɹæmɪk/nounB22 meaningsAn object made from clay hardened by heat.
  • ceremony/ˈsɛɹ.ɪ.mə.ni/nounB12 meaningsA formal event carried out in a fixed order to mark an important occasion.
  • certainty/ˈsɝtn̩ti/nounB22 meaningsThe state of being completely sure about something.
  • chad/t͡ʃæd/nounB2A landlocked country in north-central Africa.
  • chairman/ˈtʃɛːmən/nounB2The person who leads a meeting or heads a board.