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      cardboard noun

      Cardboard is very thick, stiff paper that is used for making boxes.

      care verb cares, caring, cared

      1 If you care about something, you think that it is important.

      He doesn’t care about the way he looks.

      2 If you care for a person or an animal, you look after them.

      She cared for her pets.

      careful adjective

      If you are careful, you think about what you are doing so that you do not make any mistakes.

      Be careful when you cross the road.

      careless adjective

      If you are careless, you do not think about what you are doing, so that you make mistakes.

      It was careless of me to forget my keys.

      carpet noun carpets

      A carpet is a thick, soft cover for a floor.

      carrot noun carrots

      A carrot is a long, orange vegetable.

      carry verb carries, carrying, carried

      If you carry something, you hold it and take it somewhere with you.

      We carried our bags to the car.

      carton noun cartons

      A carton is a container made of plastic or cardboard that is used to hold food or drink.

      I bought a carton of milk.

      cartoon noun cartoons

      1 A cartoon is a funny drawing.

      2 A cartoon is also a film that uses drawings, not real people or things.

      case noun cases

      A case is a container that is used to hold or carry something.

      He put the camera in its case.

      castle noun castles

      A castle is a large building with very thick, high walls. Most castles were built a long time ago to keep the people inside safe from their enemies.

      cat noun cats

      A cat is an animal that is covered with fur and has a long tail. People often keep small cats as pets. Large cats, for example lions and tigers, are wild.

catch verb catches, catching, caught

      1 If you catch something that is moving, you take hold of it while it is in the air.

      I tried to catch the ball.

      2 If you catch a bus or a train, you get on it.

      We caught the bus to school.

      3 If you catch an illness, you become ill with it.

      He caught measles.

      caterpillar noun caterpillars

      A caterpillar is a small animal that looks like a worm with lots of short legs. Caterpillars turn into butterflies or moths.

      cattle noun

      Cattle are cows and bulls.

      There were cattle in the field.

      caught

       Look at catch.

      I jumped and caught the ball.

      cauliflower noun cauliflowers

      A cauliflower is a big, round, white vegetable with green leaves.

      cave noun caves

      A cave is a big hole in the side of a hill or a mountain, or beneath the ground.

      CD noun CDs

      CD is short for compact disc.

      I bought the band’s new CD.

      ceiling noun ceilings

      A ceiling is the part of a room that is above your head.

      centimetre noun centimetres

      A centimetre is used for measuring the length of something. There are ten millimetres in a centimetre, and one hundred centimetres in a metre.

      centre noun centres

      The centre of something is the middle of it.

      She stood in the centre of the room.

      cereal noun cereals

      1 A cereal is a food made from grains that you eat with milk for breakfast.

      2 A cereal is also a kind of plant, for example wheat or rice. The seeds of cereals are used for food.

      chain noun chains

      A chain is a row of rings made of metal that are joined together in a line.

      chair noun chairs

      A chair is a seat with a back and four legs, for one person.

      He suddenly got up from his chair.

      chalk noun

      Chalk is a kind of soft rock. You use small sticks of chalk to write or draw on a blackboard.

      change verb changes, changing, changed

      1 When you change something, or when it changes, it becomes different.

      The caterpillar changed into a butterfly.

      2 When you change, you put on different clothes.

      He changed to go to the party.

      change noun

      Change is the money that you get back when you pay too much for something.

      chapter noun chapters

      A chapter is a part of a book.

      This book has ten chapters.

      character noun characters

      1 Your character is the kind of person you are.

      2 A character is also a person in a story or a film.

      charge verb charges, charging, charged

      If someone charges you an amount of money for something, they ask you to pay that amount for it.

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