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2 Someone’s child is their son or daughter.
childhood childhoods
NOUN Your childhood is the time when you are a child.
childish
ADJECTIVE If someone is childish, they are not acting in an adult way.
ANTONYM: adult
childishly ADVERB
childminder childminders
NOUN a person who is paid to look after children while their parents are at work
children
PLURAL NOUN the plural of child
chill chills, chilling, chilled
VERB 1 When you chill something, you make it cold. • Chill the orange juice before you drink it.
NOUN 2 a feverish cold
3 a feeling of cold • the chill of early morning
chilli chillies
NOUN the red or green seed pod of a type of pepper that has a very hot, spicy taste
chilly chillier, chilliest
ADJECTIVE 1 Chilly weather is rather cold.
2 If people behave in a chilly way, they are not very friendly.
chime chimes, chiming, chimed
VERB 1 When a bell chimes, it makes a clear ringing sound.
NOUN 2 Chimes are a set of bells or other objects that make ringing sounds.
chimney chimneys
NOUN a pipe above a fireplace or furnace through which smoke from the fire can escape
chimpanzee chimpanzees
NOUN a small ape with dark fur that lives in forests in Africa
chin chins
NOUN the part of your face below your mouth
china
NOUN plates, cups, saucers and other dishes that are made from fine clay
chink chinks
NOUN 1 a small, narrow opening • a chink in the fence
2 a small ringing sound, like glasses touching each other
chip chips, chipping, chipped
NOUN 1 Chips are thin strips of fried potato.
2 a tiny piece of silicon inside a computer, which is used to form electronic circuits • computer chips
VERB 3 If you chip an object, you break a small piece off it.
chirp chirps, chirping, chirped
VERB When a bird chirps, it makes a short, high-pitched sound.
chisel chisels, chiselling, chiselled
NOUN 1 a tool with a long metal blade and a sharp edge at the end. Chisels are used for cutting and shaping wood, stone or metal.
VERB 2 If you chisel wood, stone or metal, you cut or shape it using a chisel.
chlorine
NOUN a poisonous greenish-yellow gas with a strong, unpleasant smell. It is used to disinfect water and to make bleach.
chocolate chocolates
NOUN a sweet food made from cocoa beans
[from Aztec xococ + atl meaning bitter water]
choice choices
NOUN 1 a range of different things that are available to choose from
SYNONYMS: range, variety
2 something that you choose • You made a good choice when you bought this book.
choir choirs
NOUN a group of singers, for example in a church
choke chokes, choking, choked
VERB If you choke on something, it prevents you from breathing properly. • He choked on a fish bone.
cholesterol
NOUN a substance found in all animal fats, tissues and blood
choose chooses, choosing, chose, chosen
VERB If you choose something, you decide to have it or do it.
SYNONYMS: pick, select
chop chops, chopping, chopped
VERB 1 If you chop something, you cut it with quick, heavy strokes using an axe or a knife. • Mum chopped the logs for firewood.
NOUN 2 a small piece of pork or lamb that contains a bone • We had chops and broccoli for dinner.
choppy
ADJECTIVE When the sea or a stretch of water is choppy, there are a lot of waves on it because it is windy.
chopstick chopsticks
NOUN Chopsticks are a pair of thin sticks used for eating Chinese and Japanese food.
choral
Said “kor-al” ADJECTIVE for a choir
chord chords
NOUN a group of three or more musical notes played together
chore chores
NOUN an uninteresting job that has to be done
chorus choruses
NOUN 1 a part of a song that is repeated after each verse
2 a large group of singers
chose
VERB the past tense of choose
chosen
VERB 1 the past participle of choose (#ulink_b2bdfd59-912c-5cd7-b79f-a9d6e3739736)
2 When you are chosen, you are picked to do something. • I was chosen for the volleyball team.
christen christens, christening, christened
VERB When a priest christens someone, they name them in a ceremony where water is poured over their head as a sign that they are a member of the Christian church.
christening NOUN
Christian Christians
NOUN a person who believes in Jesus Christ and his teachings
Christianity NOUN
Christmas Christmases
NOUN a Christian festival held on December 25th to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ
chrome
Said “krome” NOUN metal plated with chromium, a hard, silver-grey metal
chromosome chromosomes
Said “krome-uh-soam” NOUN the part of a cell in living things that contains the genes that determine what characteristics the animal or plant will have
chronic
ADJECTIVE lasting a very long time or never stopping • He suffers from chronic hay fever.
chronological
ADJECTIVE arranged in the order in which things happened • Tell me the whole story in chronological order.
chronologically ADVERB
chrysalis chrysalises
