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noise because you are cold.

      chauffeur chauffeurs

      NOUN a person whose job is to drive another person’s car • He had a chauffeur to drive him everywhere.

      cheap cheaper, cheapest

      ADJECTIVE 1 Something that is cheap costs very little money.

      2 Cheap sometimes means of poor quality.

      cheaply ADVERB

      cheat cheats, cheating, cheated

      VERB If someone cheats in a game or exam, they break the rules in order to do better.

      check checks, checking, checked

      VERB 1 If you check something, you examine it to make sure that everything is all right. • Check your work carefully when you finish.

      NOUN 2 an inspection to make sure that everything is all right

      3 Checks are different coloured squares that form a pattern.

      checkout checkouts

      NOUN the place in a supermarket where you pay for your goods

      cheek cheeks

      NOUN 1 Your cheeks are the sides of your face below your eyes.

      2 speech or behaviour that is rude and disrespectful • Their grandparents won’t stand any cheek from them.

      cheeky ADJECTIVE cheekily ADVERB

      cheer cheers, cheering, cheered

      VERB When people cheer, they shout loudly and happily. • We cheered our team when they won.

      cheerful

      ADJECTIVE A cheerful person is happy.

      cheerfully ADVERB

      cheese cheeses

      NOUN a solid savoury food made from milk

      cheetah cheetahs

      NOUN a wild mammal like a large cat with black spots, mainly found in Africa

      [from Sanskrit citra + kaya meaning speckled body]

      chef chefs

      NOUN a head cook in a restaurant or hotel

      [from French chef meaning head]

      chemical chemicals

      NOUN 1 a substance made by the use of chemistry • Dangerous chemicals should be handled carefully.

      ADJECTIVE 2 involved in chemistry or using chemicals • a chemical reaction

      chemist chemists

      NOUN a shop that sells medicines and cosmetics

      chemistry

      NOUN the scientific study of substances and the ways in which they change when they are combined

      cheque cheques

      NOUN a printed piece of paper that people can use to pay for things

      cherry cherries

      NOUN a small, juicy fruit with a red, yellow or black skin and a hard stone in the centre

      chess

      NOUN a game played on a board with 64 squares. Each player has 16 pieces.

      chest chests

      NOUN 1 the front part of your body between your shoulders and your waist

      2 a large wooden box used for storing things

      chestnut chestnuts

      NOUN 1 a reddish-brown nut that grows inside a prickly, green outer covering

      2 the tree that produces these nuts

      ADJECTIVE 3 Something that is chestnut is reddish-brown in colour.

      chew chews, chewing, chewed

      VERB When you chew something, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth before swallowing it.

      chewing gum

      NOUN a kind of sweet that you chew for a long time, but which you do not swallow

      chick chicks

      NOUN a young bird

      chicken chickens

      NOUN a bird kept on a farm for its eggs and meat; also the meat of this bird

      chickenpox

      NOUN an illness that causes a fever and blister-like spots to appear on the skin

      chief chiefs

      NOUN 1 the leader of a group or organization

      ADJECTIVE 2 main or most important

      chilblain chilblains

      NOUN a sore, itchy swelling on a finger or toe, which causes discomfort in cold weather

      child children

      NOUN 1 a young person who is not yet an adult

      SYNONYMS: kid, youngster

      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