--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 36 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/36/) [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 36 [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 classic is a book, film, song or other work that is very good and has been admired by people for a long time.[↗](../../classic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Classic as an adjective means very typical, a perfect example of its kind (a classic mistake).[↗](../../classic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Classic also means simple and stylish in a way that does not go out of fashion.[↗](../../classic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Classics is the study of ancient Greek and Roman languages and culture.[↗](../../classic/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Classic can also describe things from ancient Greek or Roman times, such as the classic poets.[↗](../../classic/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Alice in Wonderland» is a children's classic.[↗](../../classic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Forgetting to carry the one is a classic mistake.[↗](../../classic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad loves classic cars from long ago.[↗](../../classic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a classic white shirt.[↗](../../classic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This film is a classic; everyone has seen it.[↗](../../classic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Losing his keys again?[↗](../../classic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") That's classic Uncle Tom\![↗](../../classic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We read a classic poem in class today.[↗](../../classic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This war was called the Titanomachia, and is most graphically described by the old classic poets.[↗](../../classic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · both these Hebrew classics speak of it as a very ancient work.[↗](../../classic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../classic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Other positive historical notices are those of Saadjah Gaon, who died A.D.[↗](../../classic/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") 940, and Judah Halevi, A.D.[↗](../../classic/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") 1150%; \[p. 10\] both these Hebrew classics speak of it as a very ancient work.[↗](../../classic/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../classic/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **classical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with ancient Greece and Rome, their languages, art and ideas: classical history, classical languages.[↗](../../classical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (music) Serious, traditional Western music by composers like Mozart and Beethoven, played by orchestras: classical music.[↗](../../classical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Traditional and accepted for a long time, the standard way: classical ballet, classical physics.[↗](../../classical/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We listened to classical music in our art lesson.[↗](../../classical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mozart is a famous classical composer.[↗](../../classical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Classical Greek buildings have tall columns.[↗](../../classical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister does classical ballet.[↗](../../classical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Latin and Ancient Greek are classical languages.[↗](../../classical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The orchestra played a classical piece by Beethoven.[↗](../../classical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And strangest of all, the story is practically the same as the classical myth of Jason and Medea.[↗](../../classical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **classification** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sorting things into groups or classes by what they have in common: the classification of animals.[↗](../../classification/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A group or class that something is put into: the classification "mammal".[↗](../../classification/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) An official level or category, such as a film rating or a secret document's level.[↗](../../classification/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made a classification key to sort the leaves.[↗](../../classification/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The classification of animals puts whales with mammals, not fish.[↗](../../classification/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Shapes can be classified by number of sides.[↗](../../classification/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · What is the classification of a frog?[↗](../../classification/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") It is an amphibian.[↗](../../classification/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Libraries use a classification system to shelve books.[↗](../../classification/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film's classification is PG.[↗](../../classification/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the modern classification of the letters into guttural, palatal, lingual, dental and labial sounds.[↗](../../classification/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../classification/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The classification of the Hebrew letters into a Triad, Heptad and Dodekad, runs through the whole philosophy of the Kabalah.[↗](../../classification/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../classification/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **classified** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sorted into groups or classes: the rocks were classified by colour.[↗](../../classified/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of information) Officially secret and only for certain people: classified documents.[↗](../../classified/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (classified ads, classifieds) Small advertisements in a newspaper or website, sorted into sections, for things for sale or jobs.[↗](../../classified/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The animals were classified into vertebrates and invertebrates.[↗](../../classified/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A whale is classified as a mammal.[↗](../../classified/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy stole classified documents.[↗](../../classified/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad found his bike in the classified ads.[↗](../../classified/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The triangle is classified as isosceles because two sides are equal.[↗](../../classified/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That information is classified — I can't tell you\![↗](../../classified/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **classifier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or thing that sorts things into groups.[↗](../../classifier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (computing) A computer program that decides which group or label something belongs to, like spam or not spam.[↗](../../classifier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (language) In some languages like Mandarin, a word used between a number and a noun, like «a piece of» in English.[↗](../../classifier/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The classifier sorted the emails into spam and not spam.[↗](../../classifier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A classification key is a kind of classifier for animals.[↗](../../classifier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Mandarin, you need a classifier between the number and the noun.[↗](../../classifier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The AI classifier recognised the cat in the photo.[↗](../../classifier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «A loaf of bread» works like a classifier in English.[↗](../../classifier/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We trained a classifier on pictures of fruit.[↗](../../classifier/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **classify** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To classify things is to sort them into groups or categories by what they have in common.[↗](../../classify/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To classify something is to decide which group it belongs to.[↗](../../classify/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Classified information is secret and only for certain people.[↗](../../classify/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Classify these animals as vertebrates or invertebrates.[↗](../../classify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We classified the shapes by number of sides.[↗](../../classify/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A whale is classified as a mammal.[↗](../../classify/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists classify plants by their seeds.[↗](../../classify/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy found classified files.[↗](../../classify/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you classify these triangles?[↗](../../classify/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **classmate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A classmate is a person in the same class as you at school.[↗](../../classmate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She gives 2 cookies to each of her 24 classmates.[↗](../../classmate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He has 18 classmates.[↗](../../classmate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many valentines for all her classmates?[↗](../../classmate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 classmates came to the party.[↗](../../classmate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My classmate helped me with my reading.[↗](../../classmate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A new classmate joined us today.[↗](../../classmate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote cards for our classmates.[↗](../../classmate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I sit next to my classmate Sam.[↗](../../classmate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **classroom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A classroom is a room in a school where pupils have lessons.[↗](../../classroom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each classroom has 28 students.[↗](../../classroom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school has 12 classrooms.[↗](../../classroom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The classroom is 30 ft by 25 ft.[↗](../../classroom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 6 rows of desks in the classroom.[↗](../../classroom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our classroom has a fish tank.[↗](../../classroom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please keep the classroom tidy.[↗](../../classroom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · During the fire drill we left the classroom in a line.[↗](../../classroom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The classroom door is painted blue.[↗](../../classroom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom\![↗](../../classroom/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **classy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Stylish, elegant and of good quality, often looking expensive.[↗](../../classy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Behaving in a fair, polite and graceful way (a classy gesture).[↗](../../classy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, sarcastic) Said of something rude or tasteless to mock it («Burping at the table — classy!»).[↗](../../classy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wore a classy black dress to the wedding.[↗](../../classy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had dinner in a classy restaurant for Mum's birthday.[↗](../../classy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a classy goal — so smooth\![↗](../../classy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Shaking hands with the losing team was a classy thing to do.[↗](../../classy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel looked very classy with its golden lights.[↗](../../classy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Wiping your nose on your sleeve?[↗](../../classy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Classy," said my brother.[↗](../../classy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **clatter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To clatter is to make a loud, rattling noise as hard things bang against each other, like falling pans or shoes on stairs.[↗](../../clatter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A clatter is that loud, rattling noise.[↗](../../clatter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To clatter somewhere is to move noisily («clatter down the stairs»).[↗](../../clatter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pans clattered to the floor.[↗](../../clatter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard the clatter of horses' hooves on the road.[↗](../../clatter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He clattered down the stairs in his boots.[↗](../../clatter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tray fell with a loud clatter.[↗](../../clatter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The train clattered over the bridge.[↗](../../clatter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a clatter of cutlery in the dining hall.[↗](../../clatter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike clattered when the chain came off.[↗](../../clatter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They rushed clattering into the hut, exclaiming, ‘We smell human flesh\![↗](../../clatter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **clause** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In grammar, a clause is a group of words that has a verb and usually a subject: «when the bell rang» and «we went outside» are clauses.[↗](../../clause/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A main clause makes sense on its own as a sentence; a subordinate clause does not and needs a main clause.[↗](../../clause/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (law) A clause is one section or rule in a written agreement or law.[↗](../../clause/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «I went home» is a main clause.[↗](../../clause/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Because it was raining» is a subordinate clause; it cannot stand alone.[↗](../../clause/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Join the two clauses with «but».[↗](../../clause/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «The dog that barked» has a relative clause: «that barked».[↗](../../clause/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Every clause has a verb.[↗](../../clause/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad read every clause of the phone contract before signing.[↗](../../clause/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A comma often comes after a subordinate clause at the start of a sentence.[↗](../../clause/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **claustrophobia** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A strong fear of being in small, closed or crowded spaces, such as lifts, tunnels or cupboards.[↗](../../claustrophobia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (everyday) A feeling of being trapped or squeezed in, even without real fear.[↗](../../claustrophobia/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma has claustrophobia, so she always takes the stairs.[↗](../../claustrophobia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The narrow cave gave me a touch of claustrophobia.[↗](../../claustrophobia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · People with claustrophobia can find MRI scans hard.[↗](../../claustrophobia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowded train carriage felt claustrophobic.[↗](../../claustrophobia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathing slowly can help with claustrophobia.[↗](../../claustrophobia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The story's tunnel scene was full of claustrophobia.[↗](../../claustrophobia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **clave** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Either stuck fast to something, or split apart.[↗](../../clave/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **clavicle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The collarbone: the long, thin bone between the top of the breastbone and the shoulder; you have one on each side.[↗](../../clavicle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clavicle is also called the collarbone.[↗](../../clavicle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She broke her clavicle when she fell off her bike.[↗](../../clavicle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You can feel your clavicle just below your neck.[↗](../../clavicle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We labelled the clavicle on our skeleton diagram.[↗](../../clavicle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each person has two clavicles.[↗](../../clavicle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A broken clavicle usually heals in a sling.[↗](../../clavicle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **claw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A claw is a sharp curved nail on the foot of an animal or bird, like a cat's, eagle's or bear's.[↗](../../claw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A claw is the pincer of a crab, lobster or scorpion, used to grab things.[↗](../../claw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To claw is to scratch, tear or grab with claws or fingernails.[↗](../../claw/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To claw your way is to move or get something with great effort.[↗](../../claw/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A claw can also mean a hand, especially a hooked one.[↗](../../claw/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat scratched the sofa with its claws.[↗](../../claw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The eagle grabbed the fish with its claws.[↗](../../claw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Crabs pinch with their big claws.[↗](../../claw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bears use their claws to dig and climb.[↗](../../claw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy clawed at the door to get in.[↗](../../claw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I tried to win a toy from the claw machine.[↗](../../claw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats can hide their claws inside their paws.[↗](../../claw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The climbers clawed their way up the steep slope.[↗](../../claw/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Shake hands, Starkey,” said Hook, proffering his claw.[↗](../../claw/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.[↗](../../claw/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.10.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../claw/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **clay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Clay is soft, sticky earth that you can shape with your hands and then bake or dry so it goes hard.[↗](../../clay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Clay is used for pots, bricks, tiles and models.[↗](../../clay/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Clay soil is heavy soil that holds water.[↗](../../clay/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has 2 kg of clay.[↗](../../clay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each pot uses 300 g of clay.[↗](../../clay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He made 6 clay bowls.[↗](../../clay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many pots from 3 pounds of clay?[↗](../../clay/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We made clay animals in art class.[↗](../../clay/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pot is baked in a hot oven called a kiln.[↗](../../clay/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bricks are made from clay.[↗](../../clay/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Clay soil gets sticky after rain.[↗](../../clay/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Wind is the first of them.[↗](../../clay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") \[1:11\] Three—He carved Water from Wind and with them He hewed tohu and bohu, \[note 21: \[Genesis 1:2\]\] mud and clay.[↗](../../clay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../clay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · „Witli 'three' God graved and hewed out mud and clay.[↗](../../clay/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../clay/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.[↗](../../clay/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../clay/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.[↗](../../clay/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../clay/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; (Writings JOB.27.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../clay/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **clayey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made of or full of clay, the sticky soil that is wet and hard when dry: clayey soil.[↗](../../clayey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clayey soil stuck to our boots.[↗](../../clayey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Swallows dug their nests in the clayey bank.[↗](../../clayey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Clayey ground is hard to dig in wet weather.[↗](../../clayey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **clean** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Clean means not dirty.[↗](../../clean/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To clean means to take the dirt away, by washing, wiping or sweeping.[↗](../../clean/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Clean also means fresh and unused: a clean sheet of paper.[↗](../../clean/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Clean can mean fair and following the rules: a clean game.[↗](../../clean/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* As an adverb, clean means completely.[↗](../../clean/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I clean forgot.[↗](../../clean/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She cleans 3 rooms in an hour.[↗](../../clean/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 8 of the 20 cups are clean.[↗](../../clean/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes 2 hours to clean the house.[↗](../../clean/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many dirty plates are left if 12 are clean?[↗](../../clean/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean your teeth twice a day.[↗](../../clean/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please clean up your toys before dinner.[↗](../../clean/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Start again on a clean page.[↗](../../clean/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands clean before eating.[↗](../../clean/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He came clean and said he broke the vase.[↗](../../clean/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · "Somebody cleaned it," says the giant.[↗](../../clean/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Of all clean birds ye may eat.[↗](../../clean/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.14.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../clean/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Of all clean winged things ye may eat.[↗](../../clean/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.14.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../clean/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat thereof.[↗](../../clean/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.7.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../clean/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Is His mercy clean gone for ever?[↗](../../clean/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.77.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../clean/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · What is man, that he should be clean?[↗](../../clean/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../clean/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean\![↗](../../clean/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.13.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../clean/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **cleaners** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cleaners are people whose job is to clean buildings, like schools, offices or homes.[↗](../../cleaners/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Cleaners are also products or machines used for cleaning, like floor cleaners or vacuum cleaners.[↗](../../cleaners/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «The cleaners» or «the dry cleaner's» is a shop that cleans clothes with special chemicals.[↗](../../cleaners/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school cleaners work after everyone goes home.[↗](../../cleaners/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep cleaners locked away from little children.[↗](../../cleaners/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never mix different cleaners together.[↗](../../cleaners/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad took his suit to the cleaners.[↗](../../cleaners/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our vacuum cleaner is very loud.[↗](../../cleaners/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Say thank you to the cleaners for keeping school tidy.[↗](../../cleaners/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some cleaners have a warning sign on the bottle.[↗](../../cleaners/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If you swallow cleaners by accident, tell an adult at once.[↗](../../cleaners/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cleanliness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being clean or keeping things clean.[↗](../../cleanliness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The habit of keeping yourself and your home clean.[↗](../../cleanliness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cleanliness helps stop germs spreading.[↗](../../cleanliness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The restaurant got top marks for cleanliness.[↗](../../cleanliness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma always said cleanliness is next to godliness.[↗](../../cleanliness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hospitals need great cleanliness.[↗](../../cleanliness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Personal cleanliness means washing and brushing your teeth.[↗](../../cleanliness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat's cleanliness surprised us; it licks itself all day.[↗](../../cleanliness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cleanliness in the kitchen keeps food safe.[↗](../../cleanliness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/35/) **36** [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/37/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/35/) - next →: [page 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/37/) - ↑ back to 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