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

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  • cluck/klʌk/verbB24 meaningsOf a hen: to make short, repeated clicking sounds.
  • clue/kluː/nounB13 meaningsA small piece of information that helps you find an answer or solve a mystery.
  • clueless/ˈkluː.ləs/adjectiveB2Having no idea at all.
  • clumsy/ˈklʌmzi/adjectiveB22 meaningsAwkward in the way you move, so you knock things over or drop them.
  • clunk/klʌŋk/nounB2The dull, hard sound of one heavy object knocking another.
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/ˈklʌt͡ʃ/
verbB25 meanings
To hold something tightly, especially out of fear.
  • clutch pedalnounB2The pedal that disengages the engine while changing gear.
  • cluttered/ˈklʌtɚd/adjectiveB2Crowded with things there is no room for.
  • co-foundernounB2One of the people who started an organisation.
  • co-op/ˈkoʊˌɒp/adjectiveB2Played by people working together rather than against.
  • coach/kəʊtʃ/nounA26 meaningsA person who trains a sports team or athlete and decides its tactics.
  • coarse/kɔːs/adjectiveB22 meaningsRough in texture, made of large particles.
  • coast/kəʊst/nounA22 meaningsThe line where land meets the sea.
  • cobalt/ˈkəʊ.bɒlt/nounB2+2 meaningsA hard silvery metal.
  • cobbler/ˈkɒblə/nounB22 meaningsA person who mends shoes.
  • cockpit/ˈkɒkˌpɪt/nounB1+2 meaningsThe compartment where the pilots fly an aircraft.
  • cocktail/ˈkɒk.teɪl/nounB22 meaningsA mixed alcoholic drink.
  • cocoa/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/nounB22 meaningsThe bitter brown powder chocolate is made from.
  • coconut/ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/nounB2A hard brown tropical fruit with white flesh.
  • cocoon/kəˈkuːn/nounB22 meaningsThe silk case a caterpillar spins around itself.
  • code/kəʊd/nounA25 meaningsThe written instructions that computer programs are made of.
  • code reviewnounB2Another developer reading your changes before they land.
  • codenamenounB2A false name used to hide who or what is meant.
  • coherent/kəʊˈhɪə.ɹənt/adjectiveB2+3 meaningsLogically connected, with the parts fitting together.
  • coil/kɔɪl/nounB22 meaningsSomething wound round and round in rings.
  • coin/ˈkoɪ̯n/nounB13 meaningsA small flat round piece of metal used as money.
  • cold feetphraseB2Sudden fear just before a big step, like a wedding.
  • cold war/ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː/nounB2The long standoff of hostility without open fighting.
  • cold-blooded/ˈkoʊldˈblʌd.ɪd/adjectiveB2Taking body heat from the surroundings.
  • cold-heartedadjectiveB2Showing no sympathy for anybody.
  • coldness/ˈkoʊldnəs/nounB2Low temperature, or a lack of warmth in manner.
  • collapse/kəˈlæps/verbB25 meaningsTo fall down or cave in suddenly.
  • collar/ˈkɒlə/nounB13 meaningsThe band of a shirt, coat or dress that folds over around the neck.
  • colleague/ˈkɒliːɡ/nounB1+2 meaningsA person you work with, especially in a job or profession.
  • collection pointnounB2The place a missed parcel can be picked up.
  • collective/kəˈlɛktɪv/adjectiveB22 meaningsDone by or belonging to all the members of a group.
  • collector/kəˈlɛk.tɚ/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who gathers a set of things.
  • collectors itemnounB2Something rare enough that people want it for a collection.
  • collision/kəˈlɪʒn̩/nounB22 meaningsAn instance of two moving objects striking each other.
  • collocation/ˌkɒl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/nounB2The habit two words have of going together.
  • colony/ˈkɒl.ə.ni/nounB22 meaningsA large group of the same creature living together.
  • colorful/ˈkʌl.ə.fl̩/adjectiveA2+2 meaningsFull of bright colours.
  • colossal/kəˈlɒsəl/adjectiveB2Unbelievably huge.
  • colour-blindadjectiveB2Unable to tell certain colours apart.
  • colt/kəʊlt/nounB2A young male horse.
  • column/ˈkɒləm/nounA2+4 meaningsA regular article by the same writer.
  • coma/ˈkəʊmə/nounB2A deep unconsciousness a person cannot be roused from.
  • comb/kəʊm/verbA2+4 meaningsTo draw a comb through hair to tidy or straighten it.
  • combat/ˈkɒmˌbæt/nounB2Fighting between armed forces.
  • combination/ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən/nounB15 meaningsA joining of two or more things, or the result of joining them.
  • combination skinnounB2Skin that is oily in some places and dry in others.
  • combine/kəmˈbaɪn/verbB1+3 meaningsTo put two or more things together so they make one.
  • combine harvester/ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/nounB2A machine that cuts and threshes grain in one pass.
  • combustion/kəmˈbʌs.t͡ʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsBurning: a fast reaction with oxygen that gives out heat and light.
  • come aboutphraseB2To happen — used when asking how something started.
  • come acrossphraseB22 meaningsTo find something by chance.
  • come backphraseA22 meaningsTo return to a place.
  • come betweenphraseB2To damage the bond between two people.
  • come byphraseB22 meaningsTo obtain or acquire something.
  • come cleanphraseB2To admit the truth at last.