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

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19,295 words · showing 2,821–2,880

  • child's play/ˈt͡ʃaɪldz ˌpleɪ/phraseB2So simple that anyone could manage it.
  • childhood/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/nounB1The years of life when a person is young.
  • childish/ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪʃ/adjectiveB2Behaving like a child when you should not.
  • childlessadjectiveB2+Having no children.
  • childlike/ˈt͡ʃaɪldlaɪk/adjectiveB2Having the innocence of a child.
  • childmindernounB2
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Somebody paid to look after children in their own home.
  • chile/ˈt͡ʃɪli/nounB1+A country on the Pacific coast of South America.
  • chili/ˈt͡ʃɪli/nounA2+2 meaningsA small hot pepper.
  • chill/tʃɪl/verbB13 meaningsTo make something cold without freezing it.
  • 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.
  • chime inphraseC1To add your voice to a conversation already going.
  • chimney/ˈt͡ʃɪmni/nounB2A pipe on a roof that carries smoke away.
  • chimney stacknounB2The tall pipe carrying smoke away.
  • chimney sweepnounC1A worker who cleans soot out of flues.
  • chimpanzee/t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/nounB1+A clever African ape with dark hair and no tail.
  • chin/ˈt͡ʃɪn/nounA2The front part of the face below the mouth.
  • china/ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/nounA22 meaningsA country in East Asia.
  • chineseadjectiveA22 meaningsBelonging to China or its people.
  • chink/t͡ʃɪŋk/nounC1A narrow slit that light gets through.
  • chinlessadjectiveC2Having a weak jaw, and thought feeble because of it.
  • 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.
  • chipboardnounC1A cheap board pressed from wood chips and glue.
  • chipmunk/ˈt͡ʃɪp.mʌŋk/nounB2A small striped burrowing squirrel.
  • chipped/t͡ʃɪpt/adjectiveB1+Having a small piece broken off the edge.
  • chiropractor/ˈkaɪ.ɹəˌpɹæk.tə(ɹ)/nounB2+A practitioner who treats the spine by manipulation.
  • chirp/t͡ʃɜːp/verbB1+2 meaningsTo make the short high sound of a small bird.
  • chirrup/ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/verbC2To make a short repeated chirping sound.
  • chisel/ˈt͡ʃɪzəl/nounC1A sharp-edged tool struck to carve wood or stone.
  • chiselledadjectiveC1Sharply and cleanly cut, said of features.
  • chitter/ˈtʃɪtə/verbC2To make a rapid high chattering sound.
  • chivalrous/ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/adjectiveC1Courteous and protective in an old-fashioned way.
  • chivalry/ˈʃɪvəlɹi/nounC1The code of honour a knight was meant to live by.
  • chlorinatedadjectiveB2+Treated with a chemical that kills germs.
  • chlorine/ˈklɔɹin/nounB1+A green gas used to kill germs in water.
  • chloroform/ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/nounB2+A sweet-smelling liquid once used to render patients unconscious.
  • chocolate/ˈtʃɒk.(ə.)lət/nounA1A sweet brown food made from cocoa.
  • choice/tʃɔɪs/nounA24 meaningsThe act of picking one thing rather than another.
  • choir/kwaɪə(ɹ)/nounB2A group of people singing together.
  • choke/t͡ʃəʊk/verbB12 meaningsTo be unable to breathe because something blocks the throat.
  • choker/ˈtʃəʊkə/nounB2+A close-fitting necklace worn at the throat.
  • choking/ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/nounB12 meaningsBeing unable to breathe because something blocks the throat.
  • cholesterol/kəˈlɛstəɹɒl/nounB1+A fatty substance in the blood that can block the arteries.
  • choose/t͡ʃuːz/verbA12 meaningsTo take one thing from several possibilities.
  • chop/t͡ʃɒp/verbA24 meaningsTo cut something into pieces with short heavy strokes of a knife or axe.
  • choppy/ˈt͡ʃɒ.pi/adjectiveB2+Rough with short broken waves.
  • chopsticks/ˈt͡ʃɒpstɪks/nounA2+The two thin sticks much of Asia eats with.
  • chord/kɔːd/nounB1+Several musical notes sounded together.
  • chore/t͡ʃɔː/nounB1+2 meaningsA boring routine job around the house.
  • choreographernounB2+Somebody who invents and arranges dance steps.
  • choreographicadjectiveC1To do with the arranging of dance steps.
  • choreography/ˌkɔɹiˈɑɡɹəfi/nounC22 meaningsThe designed steps and moves of a dance.
  • chortle/ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/verbC1To laugh with a gleeful chuckle.
  • chorus/ˈkɔːɹəs/nounB13 meaningsThe repeated part of a song.
  • christening/ˈkɹɪs.ə.nɪŋ/nounB2+2 meaningsA Christian ceremony at which a baby is baptised and given a name.
  • chrome/kɹəʊm/nounB2A bright hard metal plating used for trim.
  • chromosome/ˈkɹəʊ.məˌsəʊm/nounB2+One of the thread packages that genes are bundled into.