buskers
NOUN someone who sings or plays music in public places for money
bus stop bus stops
NOUN a place where the bus stops regularly for passengers to get on or off, usually marked with a sign
busy busier, busiest
ADJECTIVE 1 If you are busy, you are doing something and are not free to do anything else. • She was too busy to come to the cinema with us.
2 A busy place is full of people doing things or moving about.
but
CONJUNCTION 1 used to introduce an idea that is opposite to what has gone before • I love cooking, but I hate washing up afterwards.
2 used when you apologize for something • Sorry, but I can’t come to play tomorrow.
PREPOSITION 3 except • There was nothing to eat but potatoes.
butcher butchers
NOUN a shopkeeper who prepares and sells meat
butter
NOUN a soft, fatty food made from cream, which is spread on bread and used in cooking
buttercup buttercups
NOUN a wild plant with bright yellow flowers
butterfly butterflies
NOUN a type of insect with large, colourful wings. Butterflies develop from caterpillars.
buttocks
PLURAL NOUN Your buttocks are the part of your body that you sit on.
[from Old English buttuc meaning rounded slope]
button buttons, buttoning, buttoned
NOUN 1 a small, hard round object sewn on to clothing such as shirts • My new jeans fasten with buttons instead of a zip.
2 a small object on a piece of equipment that you press to make it work • You must push the button down to switch the video on.
VERB 3 If you button a garment, you fasten it using its buttons.
buy buys, buying, bought
VERB If you buy something, you get it by paying money for it.
buzz buzzes, buzzing, buzzed
VERB If something buzzes, it makes a humming sound, like a bee.
buzzer buzzers
NOUN a device that makes a buzzing sound. Buzzers are used to attract attention. • I pressed the door buzzer but nobody was home.
by
PREPOSITION 1 used to show who or what has done something • The announcement was made by the head teacher.
2 used to show how something is done • He cheered us up by taking us to the cinema.
3 next to or near to • They live by the park.
4 before a particular time • We should finish by tea time.
PREPOSITION OR ADVERB 5 going past • We drove by her house.
bypass bypasses
NOUN a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town instead of through the middle • The centre of town is much quieter since they built the bypass.
byte bytes
NOUN a unit of storage in a computer
cab cabs
NOUN 1 a taxi
2 The cab is where the driver sits in a lorry, bus or train.
cabbage cabbages
NOUN a large, green, leafy vegetable
cabin cabins
NOUN 1 a room in a ship where a passenger sleeps
2 a small wooden house, usually in the country
cabinet cabinets
NOUN 1 a small cupboard • a medicine cabinet
2 The cabinet in a government is a group of ministers who advise the leader and decide policies.
cable cables
NOUN 1 a strong, thick rope or chain
2 a bundle of wires with a rubber covering, which carries electricity
cable television
NOUN a television service that comes through underground wires
cactus cacti or cactuses
NOUN a thick, fleshy plant that grows in deserts. Cactuses are usually covered in spikes.
cadet cadets
NOUN a young person being trained in the armed forces or police
café cafés
NOUN a place where you can buy light meals and drinks
[from the French café meaning coffee or coffee house]
caffeine; also spelt caffein
NOUN a chemical in coffee and tea that makes you more active
cage cages
NOUN a box or room made with bars, in which birds or animals are kept
caged ADJECTIVE
cake cakes, caking, caked
NOUN 1 a sweet food made from eggs, flour, butter and sugar
2 a block of a hard substance such as soap
VERB 3 If something is caked, it becomes covered with a solid layer of something else. • My shoes were caked in mud.
calamity calamities
NOUN something terrible that happens, causing destruction and misery • The earthquake was a terrible calamity.
SYNONYMS: disaster, catastrophe
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