carols
NOUN a religious song sung at Christmas time
carpenter carpenters
NOUN a person who makes and repairs wooden things
carpentry NOUN
carpet carpets
NOUN a thick floor covering usually made of material like wool
carriage carriages
NOUN 1 one of the separate sections of a passenger train
2 an old-fashioned vehicle for carrying passengers, usually pulled by horses
Carroll diagram Carroll diagrams
NOUN a way of sorting and displaying information in the form of a grid
carrot carrots
NOUN a long, thin, orange-coloured root vegetable
carry carries, carrying, carried
VERB 1 If you carry something, you hold it and take it somewhere.
2 When a vehicle carries people, they travel in it.
3 If people or animals carry a germ or a disease, they can pass it on to others.
4 If a sound carries it can be heard a long way off. • Their voices carried across the valley.
cart carts
NOUN a vehicle with wheels, used for carrying things and usually pulled by horses or cattle
carton cartons
NOUN a cardboard or plastic container
cartoon cartoons
NOUN 1 a humorous drawing in a newspaper, comic or magazine
2 a film in which all the characters and scenes are drawn
cartridge cartridges
NOUN 1 a tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance, used in guns
2 a small plastic container filled with ink that you put in a pen or a printer
cartwheel cartwheels
NOUN an acrobatic movement in which you lift both arms in the air then throw yourself sideways on to one hand, swinging your body around in a circle with your legs straight until you land on your feet again
carve carves, carving, carved
VERB If you carve something, you shape it or slice it with a knife.
cascade cascades, cascading, cascaded
NOUN 1 a small waterfall or group of waterfalls flowing down a rocky hillside
VERB 2 When water cascades, it flows very fast down a hillside or over rocks.
case cases
NOUN 1 a box for keeping or carrying things in
2 a particular situation or event • a bad case of measles
3 A crime that the police are investigating is called a case.
cash
NOUN money in notes and coins
cashier cashiers
NOUN the person who deals with money in a place such as a shop or a bank
casserole casseroles
NOUN 1 a stew made with meat, vegetables or fish that is baked in the oven
2 a dish with a lid, which is used for cooking
cast casts, casting, cast
NOUN 1 all the people who act in a play or film
2 an object made by pouring a liquid such as plaster into a container and leaving it to harden
VERB 3 If an object casts a shadow on to a place, it makes a shadow fall there.
castaway castaways
NOUN someone who has been shipwrecked but manages to survive on a lonely shore or an island
castle castles
NOUN a large building with walls or ditches round it to protect it from attack
[from Latin castellum meaning small fort]
casual
ADJECTIVE 1 happening by chance and without planning • I made a casual remark.
2 Casual clothes are suitable for informal occasions.
casualty casualties
NOUN a person killed or injured in an accident or a war • There were many casualties after the motorway crash.
cat cats
NOUN a small, furry mammal with whiskers, a tail and sharp claws, often kept as a pet
catalogue catalogues
NOUN a list of things, such as the goods you can buy from a company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library • I ordered my trainers from a mail order catalogue.
catastrophe catastrophes
NOUN a terrible disaster
catastrophic ADJECTIVE
catch catches, catching, caught
VERB 1 If you catch an object that is moving through the air, you grasp it with your hands.
2 If you catch a person or animal, you capture them. • The police caught the thief.
3 If you catch a bus, train or plane, you get on it and travel somewhere.
4 If you catch a cold or a disease, you become ill with it.
NOUN 5 a hook that fastens or locks a door or window
catching
ADJECTIVE If a disease or illness is catching it spreads very quickly. • Measles is catching.
catchy catchier, catchiest
ADJECTIVE Something that is catchy, such as a tune, is pleasant and easy to remember.
category categories
NOUN a group of things that have something in common
caterpillar caterpillars
