--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 11 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 11 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A carpenter is a person whose job is making and fixing wooden things such as doors, floors, roofs, shelves and furniture.[↗](../../carpenter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The carpenter built new shelves in our kitchen.[↗](../../carpenter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A carpenter cuts a 3-metre plank into 6 equal pieces; how long is each piece?[↗](../../carpenter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Measure twice, cut once, says the carpenter.[↗](../../carpenter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The carpenter used a saw, a hammer and nails.[↗](../../carpenter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Carpenters wear goggles to protect their eyes.[↗](../../carpenter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a carpenter.[↗](../../carpenter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “My boy, we need a carpenter here and I have never been one.”[↗](../../carpenter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Huram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.[↗](../../carpenter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.14.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carpenter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.[↗](../../carpenter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carpenter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.' — (Prophets 2KI.22.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carpenter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **carpentry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Carpentry is the skill or job of making and fixing things from wood, like tables, doors and roof frames.[↗](../../carpentry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The woodwork itself: the carpentry in the old church.[↗](../../carpentry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Uncle Ben learned carpentry at college.[↗](../../carpentry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Carpentry needs careful measuring.[↗](../../carpentry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We did some simple carpentry in DT.[↗](../../carpentry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The carpentry in this house is beautiful.[↗](../../carpentry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus learned carpentry from Joseph, Christians believe.[↗](../../carpentry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear goggles when you do carpentry.[↗](../../carpentry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **carpet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A carpet is a thick cloth that covers a floor.[↗](../../carpet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A carpet of something is a thick layer on the ground: «a carpet of leaves».[↗](../../carpet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To carpet a room is to cover its floor with carpet.[↗](../../carpet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The room needs a carpet 12 ft by 15 ft.[↗](../../carpet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Carpet costs 3 dollars a square foot.[↗](../../carpet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How much carpet for a 10 m by 4 m floor?[↗](../../carpet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The carpet covers 80 square feet.[↗](../../carpet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wipe your feet before you walk on the carpet.[↗](../../carpet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A carpet of snow covered the yard.[↗](../../carpet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The stars walked the red carpet.[↗](../../carpet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Aladdin flew on a magic carpet.[↗](../../carpet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat on the carpet for story time.[↗](../../carpet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't sweep the problem under the carpet.[↗](../../carpet/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then she brought a little carpet, and spread it upon the floor.[↗](../../carpet/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **carriage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A carriage is one car of a train (UK); in the USA it is usually called a car.[↗](../../carriage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A carriage is a vehicle with wheels pulled by horses.[↗](../../carriage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A baby carriage is a pram or buggy for a baby.[↗](../../carriage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Carriage is also the cost of carrying goods.[↗](../../carriage/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A wheeled vehicle pulled by horses, used to carry people.[↗](../../carriage/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The train has 8 carriages.[↗](../../carriage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each carriage holds 60 people.[↗](../../carriage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 2 carriages are empty.[↗](../../carriage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many seats in all the carriages?[↗](../../carriage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat in the first carriage of the train.[↗](../../carriage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen rode in a golden carriage pulled by four horses.[↗](../../carriage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pumpkin turned into a carriage.[↗](../../carriage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Please be quiet in the quiet carriage.[↗](../../carriage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Fairy stopped her carriage and addressed them:[↗](../../carriage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince looked well at the carriage.[↗](../../carriage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (The Crimson Fairy Book) · THE “SHINANSHA,” OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE[↗](../../carriage/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Japanese Fairy Tales) · The Fairy stopped her carriage and addressed them:[↗](../../carriage/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (The Red Fairy Book) **carriageway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The part of a road that vehicles drive on.[↗](../../carriageway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* One side of a big road; a dual carriageway has two lanes each way with a strip in the middle.[↗](../../carriageway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Never walk on the carriageway; stay on the pavement.[↗](../../carriageway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We drove along a dual carriageway to the beach.[↗](../../carriageway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A lorry broke down on the southbound carriageway.[↗](../../carriageway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cyclists should keep to the edge of the carriageway.[↗](../../carriageway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Both carriageways were closed after the crash.[↗](../../carriageway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox ran across the carriageway.[↗](../../carriageway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A dual carriageway has a barrier down the middle.[↗](../../carriageway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **carrier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A carrier is a person, animal, vehicle or company that carries or delivers things or people: a mail carrier, an aircraft carrier.[↗](../../carrier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A carrier is a bag, box or holder for carrying something: a pet carrier, a carrier bag.[↗](../../carrier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A carrier of a disease has the germs and can pass them to others, sometimes without being ill.[↗](../../carrier/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A carrier is a company that gives mobile phone service or flies planes (an airline).[↗](../../carrier/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mail carrier brought a parcel.[↗](../../carrier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We took the cat to the vet in a carrier.[↗](../../carrier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mosquitoes can be carriers of disease.[↗](../../carrier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The aircraft carrier was as long as three football fields.[↗](../../carrier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have a carrier bag, please?[↗](../../carrier/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pigeons were once used as message carriers.[↗](../../carrier/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad carries the baby in a baby carrier.[↗](../../carrier/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Which carrier does your phone use?[↗](../../carrier/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **carriest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «carriest» means «you carry», a form of «carry».[↗](../../carriest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To carry is to hold something and take it with you.[↗](../../carriest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,[↗](../../carriest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.21.10, JPS 1917) **carrieth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «carrieth» means «carries», a form of «carry».[↗](../../carrieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To carry is to hold something and take it with you.[↗](../../carrieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that Thou shouldest say unto me: Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which Thou didst swear unto their fathers?[↗](../../carrieth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.12, JPS 1917) **carrion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Carrion is the dead and rotting flesh of animals.[↗](../../carrion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective use) Carrion animals, such as a carrion crow, eat dead animals.[↗](../../carrion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Vultures circled over the carrion in the desert.[↗](../../carrion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrion crows eat dead animals by the roadside.[↗](../../carrion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hyenas feed on carrion as well as hunting.[↗](../../carrion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant flower smelled like carrion and attracted flies.[↗](../../carrion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Burying beetles bury carrion to feed their young.[↗](../../carrion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tasmanian devils clean up carrion in the bush.[↗](../../carrion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The battlefield was full of carrion birds.[↗](../../carrion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Greedy for carrion, and sure that this must be a fresh corpse, the bird swooped down upon the boy.[↗](../../carrion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant; (Torah DEU.14.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carrion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture; (Torah LEV.11.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carrion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **carrot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A carrot is a long orange vegetable; it is the root of a plant that grows under the ground.[↗](../../carrot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A carrot is a reward used to make someone do something: «the carrot and the stick».[↗](../../carrot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rabbit eats 3 carrots a day.[↗](../../carrot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She planted 5 rows of 10 carrots.[↗](../../carrot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A bag has 12 carrots.[↗](../../carrot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He sold carrots for 1 dollar each.[↗](../../carrot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We pulled carrots from the garden.[↗](../../carrot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrot sticks make a healthy snack.[↗](../../carrot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The snowman has a carrot for a nose.[↗](../../carrot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma bakes carrot cake.[↗](../../carrot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrots grow under the soil.[↗](../../carrot/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The extra playtime was a carrot to finish work.[↗](../../carrot/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips.[↗](../../carrot/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **carry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To carry is to hold something and take it with you.[↗](../../carry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To carry is to be able to hold or take a load: «The bus carries 40 people».[↗](../../carry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In adding, to carry is to move a ten to the next place.[↗](../../carry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To carry on is to keep going.[↗](../../carry/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each truck can carry 2 tons.[↗](../../carry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She carries 4 bags.[↗](../../carry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many trips to carry 30 boxes, 5 at a time?[↗](../../carry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In 28 + 15 you carry 1 ten.[↗](../../carry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you help me carry the shopping?[↗](../../carry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Carry on reading quietly.[↗](../../carry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind carried the kite away.[↗](../../carry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Blood carries oxygen around your body.[↗](../../carry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We carried out the experiment.[↗](../../carry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't get carried away with the glitter\![↗](../../carry/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Asshur shall carry thee away captive.[↗](../../carry/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.24.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carry/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto Him: 'If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.[↗](../../carry/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.33.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carry/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.[↗](../../carry/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carry/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Why doth thy heart carry thee away?[↗](../../carry/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carry/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.'[↗](../../carry/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.21.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carry/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.[↗](../../carry/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.12.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carry/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **carsick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Carsick means feeling sick, dizzy or wanting to vomit when travelling in a car or bus.[↗](../../carsick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I feel carsick when I read in the car.[↗](../../carsick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Open the window if you feel carsick.[↗](../../carsick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister gets carsick on twisty mountain roads.[↗](../../carsick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Looking at the horizon helps stop you getting carsick.[↗](../../carsick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We stopped the car because Leo was carsick.[↗](../../carsick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Carsickness is common in children.[↗](../../carsick/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cart** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cart is a vehicle with two or four wheels, pulled by a horse or other animal or pushed by hand, used to carry things.[↗](../../cart/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the USA and Canada, a cart is a shopping trolley in a supermarket.[↗](../../cart/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An online cart is the list of things you plan to buy on a website.[↗](../../cart/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To cart is to carry something heavy or awkward, often a long way.[↗](../../cart/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer loaded hay onto the cart.[↗](../../cart/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse pulled the cart up the lane.[↗](../../cart/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum pushed the shopping cart around the store.[↗](../../cart/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I put the game in my online cart but asked Dad first.[↗](../../cart/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We carted our bags up to the top floor.[↗](../../cart/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the experiment, we rolled a cart down a ramp.[↗](../../cart/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't put the cart before the horse.[↗](../../cart/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A golf cart drove across the grass.[↗](../../cart/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There were men with carts full of roasted meats.[↗](../../cart/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I will make it creak under you, as a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.[↗](../../cart/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cart/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope, (Prophets ISA.5.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cart/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.[↗](../../cart/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.6.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cart/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **cartilage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cartilage is a strong, bendy material in the body, softer than bone, found in the ears, the end of the nose and between bones in joints.[↗](../../cartilage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cartilage is a piece of this material, especially in the knee.[↗](../../cartilage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Feel your ear: it bends because it is made of cartilage.[↗](../../cartilage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cartilage protects the ends of bones in your joints.[↗](../../cartilage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharks have skeletons made of cartilage, not bone.[↗](../../cartilage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The footballer tore a cartilage in his knee.[↗](../../cartilage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tip of your nose is cartilage.[↗](../../cartilage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A baby's bones have lots of cartilage that turns into bone.[↗](../../cartilage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cartilaginous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made of cartilage, the tough, bendy tissue found in your ears, nose and the ends of bones.[↗](../../cartilaginous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of fish) Having a skeleton made of cartilage instead of bone, like sharks and rays.[↗](../../cartilaginous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sharks are cartilaginous fish.[↗](../../cartilaginous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your ears are cartilaginous, so they bend.[↗](../../cartilaginous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rays and skates have cartilaginous skeletons.[↗](../../cartilaginous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tip of your nose is cartilaginous.[↗](../../cartilaginous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cartilaginous fish have no swim bladder.[↗](../../cartilaginous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We compared cartilaginous fish with bony fish in class.[↗](../../cartilaginous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cartload** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cartload is as much as a cart can carry, so a large heap of something.[↗](../../cartload/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer brought a cartload of hay to the barn.[↗](../../cartload/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad has cartloads of old books in his attic.[↗](../../cartload/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was given a cartload of apples.[↗](../../cartload/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **carton** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A carton is a box made of cardboard or plastic, like an egg carton or a milk carton.[↗](../../carton/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A carton is the amount it holds: «a carton of juice».[↗](../../carton/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A carton has 12 eggs.[↗](../../carton/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She bought 3 cartons of milk.[↗](../../carton/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cartons for 60 eggs?[↗](../../carton/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each carton of juice holds 1 liter.[↗](../../carton/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the empty carton in the recycling bin.[↗](../../carton/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a boat from a milk carton.[↗](../../carton/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the eggs in the carton for cracks.[↗](../../carton/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A half carton holds 6 eggs.[↗](../../carton/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The carton of yogurt is in the fridge.[↗](../../carton/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Squash the carton before you recycle it.[↗](../../carton/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **cartoon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A film or TV show made from drawings or computer pictures that move, usually funny.[↗](../../cartoon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine, often about the news.[↗](../../cartoon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A short story told in drawn pictures, like a comic strip.[↗](../../cartoon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We watch cartoons on Saturday morning.[↗](../../cartoon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My favourite cartoon character is a talking dog.[↗](../../cartoon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She drew a cartoon of our teacher as a superhero.[↗](../../cartoon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper cartoon made fun of the mayor.[↗](../../cartoon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In cartoons, people fall from cliffs and get up, but real falls really hurt.[↗](../../cartoon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a cartoon strip with six boxes.[↗](../../cartoon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Old cartoons were drawn by hand.[↗](../../cartoon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cartoonist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who draws cartoons: funny or simple drawings, comic strips, or animated films.[↗](../../cartoonist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Someone who draws cartoons for newspapers that make a point about news or politics.[↗](../../cartoonist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I want to be a cartoonist when I grow up.[↗](../../cartoonist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cartoonist drew the prime minister with a giant nose.[↗](../../cartoonist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Charles Schulz was the cartoonist who drew Snoopy.[↗](../../cartoonist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A cartoonist visited our school and taught us to draw faces.[↗](../../cartoonist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper cartoonist made a joke about the weather.[↗](../../cartoonist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cartoonists often work with a pencil first and then ink.[↗](../../cartoonist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cartridge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cartridge is a small container that holds something and fits into a machine or tool, like an ink cartridge for a pen or printer.[↗](../../cartridge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cartridge is the case holding a bullet and gunpowder for a gun.[↗](../../cartridge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A game cartridge is a plastic case with a game inside, plugged into a games console.[↗](../../cartridge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A cartridge can also be a tube or packet of stiff paper that wraps coins or other things.[↗](../../cartridge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My pen ran out, so I put in a new ink cartridge.[↗](../../cartridge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The printer needs a black cartridge.[↗](../../cartridge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad still has his old game cartridges.[↗](../../cartridge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Change the cartridge in the water filter every month.[↗](../../cartridge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hunters carry cartridges for their guns.[↗](../../cartridge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Push the cartridge in until it clicks.[↗](../../cartridge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I heard all about them this morning from a brown-paper cartridge, who happened to be staying in the same drawer as myself, and knew the latest Court news.”[↗](../../cartridge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/12/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/10/) - next →: [page 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