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

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6,226 words · showing 841–900

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  • cheek/t͡ʃiːk/nounA22 meaningsEither side of the face below the eye.
  • cheerful/ˈt͡ʃɪəfl̩/adjectiveB13 meaningsHappy, and showing it in your face and voice.
  • chemistry/ˈkɛm.ɪ.stɹi/nounB13 meaningsThe science of substances, what they are made of and how they react and change; the school or university subject that teaches it.
  • cherish/ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/verbB13 meaningsTo love someone deeply and take care of them.
  • chest/t͡ʃɛst/nounB13 meaningsThe front part of the body between the neck and the stomach.
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chestnut/ˈt͡ʃɛs(t)nʌt/nounB1+3 meanings
A shiny brown edible nut, or the tree that produces it.
  • chew/tʃuː/verbB14 meaningsTo break food into small pieces with your teeth.
  • chicken/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/nounA12 meaningsThe farm bird that gives eggs and white meat.
  • child's play/ˈt͡ʃaɪldz ˌpleɪ/phraseB2So simple that anyone could manage it.
  • childish/ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪʃ/adjectiveB2Behaving like a child when you should not.
  • childlike/ˈt͡ʃaɪldlaɪk/adjectiveB2Having the innocence of a child.
  • childmindernounB2Somebody paid to look after children in their own home.
  • chilled/t͡ʃɪld/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsCooled down ready to drink or serve.
  • chilly/ˈt͡ʃɪli/adjectiveB13 meaningsUnpleasantly cold.
  • chime/tʃaɪm/verbB23 meaningsTo ring with clear musical notes.
  • chimney/ˈt͡ʃɪmni/nounB2A pipe on a roof that carries smoke away.
  • chimney stacknounB2The tall pipe carrying smoke away.
  • chip/t͡ʃɪp/nounA26 meaningsA long thick piece of potato fried in hot fat.
  • chip and pinnounB2Paying by card and typing your secret number.
  • chip inphraseB2To contribute money or a remark.
  • chipmunk/ˈt͡ʃɪp.mʌŋk/nounB2A small striped burrowing squirrel.
  • choir/kwaɪə(ɹ)/nounB2A group of people singing together.
  • choke/t͡ʃəʊk/verbB12 meaningsTo be unable to breathe because something blocks the throat.
  • chop/t͡ʃɒp/verbA24 meaningsTo cut something into pieces with short heavy strokes of a knife or axe.
  • chore/t͡ʃɔː/nounB1+2 meaningsA boring routine job around the house.
  • chorus/ˈkɔːɹəs/nounB13 meaningsThe repeated part of a song.
  • chrome/kɹəʊm/nounB2A bright hard metal plating used for trim.
  • chronic/ˈkɹɒn.ɪk/adjectiveB23 meaningsLasting a long time and not going away — said of an illness, a pain or a condition.
  • chronic painnounB2Hurting that lasts for months or years.
  • chronicle/ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/nounB2A record of events written down year by year.
  • chunky/ˈt͡ʃʌŋki/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsThick and solid in build.
  • chute/ʃuːt/nounB2A sloping channel that things slide down.
  • cinema/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/nounA2+2 meaningsA place where films are shown on a large screen.
  • circle/ˈsɜɹkəl/nounA24 meaningsA perfectly round flat shape.
  • circuit/ˈsɜː.kɪt/nounB24 meaningsA complete path around which an electric current flows.
  • circuit breakernounB2A switch that cuts the power when too much current flows.
  • circumstance/ˈsɜːkəmst(ə)ns/nounB22 meaningsA fact or condition surrounding an event and affecting how it turns out.
  • cite/saɪt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo formally name the source of an idea or quotation.
  • citizen/ˈsɪtɪzən/nounB12 meaningsSomebody who legally belongs to a country.
  • civil/ˈsɪv.əl/adjectiveB22 meaningsTo do with ordinary citizens rather than the army or the church.
  • civil rightsnounB2The freedoms every citizen is entitled to.
  • civil servantnounB2A permanent official who serves whatever government is elected.
  • civil servicenounB2The permanent staff who run a country's departments.
  • civilian/sɪˈvɪl.jən/nounB2Somebody not in the armed forces or the police.
  • civilization/ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/nounB2A society with developed cities, arts and government.
  • claim/kleɪm/verbB14 meaningsTo state something as true, with a hint that it may not be.
  • clam/klæm/nounB2A shellfish living inside two hinged shells.
  • clan/klæn/nounB22 meaningsA group of families claiming a common ancestor.
  • clap/klæp/verbA24 meaningsTo hit your hands together repeatedly to show that you liked something.
  • clarify/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/verbB22 meaningsTo make something easier to understand by explaining it further.
  • clarinet/ˌklæɹɪˈnɛt/nounB2A woodwind instrument with a single reed.
  • clasp/klɑːsp/verbB23 meaningsTo hold something firmly in your hand or in your arms.
  • classic/ˈklæsɪk/adjectiveB13 meaningsSo good and typical of its kind that it never dates.
  • classical/ˈklæs.ɪ.k(ə)l/adjectiveB22 meaningsBelonging to an established formal tradition.
  • classified/ˈklæsəfaɪd/adjectiveB22 meaningsOfficially secret, with access limited by clearance.
  • classified adnounB2A small text advertisement grouped with others by subject.
  • classmate/ˈklɑːs.meɪt/nounA2+2 meaningsA person who is in the same class as you at school or college.
  • clatter/ˈklætəː/verbB22 meaningsTo make a rattling noise of hard things knocking together.
  • clause/klɔːz/nounC12 meaningsA separate numbered part of a contract, treaty or law.
  • clay/kleɪ/nounB12 meaningsHeavy sticky earth used for making pots and bricks.