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Coffee beans grow on a coffee plant.
coin noun coins
A coin is a round, flat piece of metal that is used as money.
cold adjective colder, coldest
1 If you are cold, you do not feel comfortable because you are not warm enough.
Wear a jumper if you are cold.
2 If something is cold, it is not hot.
The weather is very cold.
cold noun colds
When you have a cold, you sneeze and cough a lot, and you have a sore throat.
collar noun collars
1 The collar of a shirt or jacket is the part that goes around your neck.
2 A collar is also a band that goes around the neck of a dog or cat.
collect verb collects, collecting, collected
1 If you collect things, you bring them together.
He collected wood for the fire.
2 If you collect someone from a place, you go there and take them away.
Mum collected us from school.
colour noun colours
Red, blue and yellow are the main colours. You can mix them together to make other colours.
comb noun combs
A comb is a flat piece of metal or plastic with very thin points that you use to make your hair tidy.
come verb comes, coming, came, come
When you come to a place, you move towards it or arrive there.
She came into the room.
comfortable adjective
If something is comfortable, it makes you feel good.
This is a very comfortable chair.
comic noun comics
A comic is a magazine with stories that are told in pictures.
common adjective
If things are common, you see lots of them around, or they happen often.
Foxes are quite common in this area.
compact disc noun compact discs
A compact disc is a round, flat piece of plastic that has music or information on it. Compact discs are also called CDs.
competition noun competitions
When you are in a competition, you try to show that you are the best at something.
She won the painting competition.
complete adjective
If something is complete, none of it is missing.
He had a complete set of crayons.
computer noun computers
A computer is a machine that can store a lot of information and can work things out very quickly.
We played games on our computer.
confused adjective
If you are confused, you do not understand what is happening, or you do not know what to do.
She was confused about where to go.
consonant noun consonants
A consonant is any letter of the alphabet that is not a, e, i, o, or u.
The word “book” has two consonants in it.
container noun containers
A container is something that you use to keep things in, for example a box or a bottle.
control verb controls, controlling, controlled
If you control something, you can make it do what you want.
I can control the speed by pressing this button.
cook verb cooks, cooking, cooked
When you cook food, you make it hot and get it ready to eat.
Mum was cooking dinner.
cooker noun cookers
A cooker is a machine that you use to cook food.
cool adjective cooler, coolest
Something that is cool is quite cold.
Put the milk in the fridge to keep it cool.
copy noun copies
A copy is something that is made to look like another thing.
I made a copy of the drawing.
corn noun
Corn is a long vegetable. It is covered with yellow seeds that you eat.
corner noun corners
A corner is a place where two sides join together.
He stood at the corner of the street.
correct adjective
If something is correct, there are no mistakes in it.
cost noun costs
The cost of something is the amount of money you need to buy it.
The cost of the holiday was too high.
cot noun cots
A cot is a bed for a baby, with high sides to stop the baby from falling out.
cotton noun
1 Cotton is a kind of cloth that is made from the cotton plant.
2 Cotton is also thread that you use to sew with.
cough verb coughs, coughing, coughed
When you cough, you make air come out of your throat with a sudden, loud noise.
The smoke made us cough.
could verb
If you say you could do something, you mean that you were able to do it. Could comes from the word can.
I could see through the window.
couldn’t
Couldn’t is short for could not.
She couldn’t open the door.
count verb counts, counting, counted
1 When you count, you say numbers in order, one after the other.
I counted from one to ten.
2 When you count all the things in a group, you add them up to see how many there are.
The teacher counted the children in the class.
country noun countries
1 A country is a part of the world with its own people and laws.
He lives in a different country.
2 The country is land that is away from towns and cities. There are farms and woods in the country.
We went for a walk in the country.
