--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 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/8/) [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 8 [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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meaning 1:* A captor is a person who takes someone prisoner and holds them against their will.[↗](../../captor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The captor locked the princess in a tower.[↗](../../captor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoners begged their captors for mercy.[↗](../../captor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight freed himself from his captor.[↗](../../captor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **capture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To catch a person or animal and keep it so it cannot escape.[↗](../../capture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To take control of a place or thing by force, like a castle in a battle.[↗](../../capture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To take a piece in a game such as chess or draughts.[↗](../../capture/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To record something in a photo, film or words.[↗](../../capture/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To catch and hold attention or interest.[↗](../../capture/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (noun) The act of catching someone or something.[↗](../../capture/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The police captured the robber.[↗](../../capture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knights captured the castle.[↗](../../capture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I captured your queen\![↗](../../capture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The photo captured the moment the ball went in.[↗](../../capture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's play capture the flag at break.[↗](../../capture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The story captured my imagination.[↗](../../capture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The zookeepers captured the escaped monkey.[↗](../../capture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves capture light from the sun.[↗](../../capture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Fowler then ran up quickly and captured her.[↗](../../capture/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Perhaps capturing an intermediary concept between the immaterial divine imminence and the material wind is ‘wisp’, meaning both a small breeze and a phantom presence, but ‘Holy Wisp’ is a rather underwhelming expression.[↗](../../capture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../capture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Most literally, it means ‘waste(land)’, the lifeless open desert, a translation of \[Genesis 1:2\] so far captured in English only by Robert Alter’s The Hebrew Bible (2019), who poetically renders תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ tohu vavohu as “waste and welter”; cf.[↗](../../capture/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../capture/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **capuchin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small clever monkey from Central and South America with a cap of dark fur on its head, known for using tools such as stones to crack nuts.[↗](../../capuchin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) A Capuchin is a member of a Catholic order of friars (monks) who wear brown robes with pointed hoods.[↗](../../capuchin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Capuchin monkeys use stones to crack open nuts.[↗](../../capuchin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The capuchin has a dark cap of hair on its head.[↗](../../capuchin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Capuchins live in groups in the rainforest trees.[↗](../../capuchin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A Capuchin friar wears a brown robe with a hood.[↗](../../capuchin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cappuccino coffee is named after the Capuchin friars.[↗](../../capuchin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The capuchin monkey washed its food in the stream.[↗](../../capuchin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **capybara** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A capybara is the world's largest rodent, a big, calm, barrel-shaped animal with short brown fur, from South America.[↗](../../capybara/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Capybaras live in groups near rivers, lakes and swamps and are very good swimmers.[↗](../../capybara/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The capybara is the largest rodent in the world.[↗](../../capybara/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Capybaras love to swim and wallow in water.[↗](../../capybara/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A bird sat on the capybara's back.[↗](../../capybara/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Capybaras are related to guinea pigs.[↗](../../capybara/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Jaguars and caimans hunt capybaras.[↗](../../capybara/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The capybaras lay in the sun by the river.[↗](../../capybara/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A group of capybaras grazed on the grass.[↗](../../capybara/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **car** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A car is a machine with four wheels and an engine that people drive on roads.[↗](../../car/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A car is one part of a train, like a dining car.[↗](../../car/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A car can be the part of a lift or a cable car that carries people.[↗](../../car/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (casual) Slang words for a car: «wheels», «ride», «motor» (UK), «ute» (Australia, NZ: a small truck), «banger» or «clunker» (an old car).[↗](../../car/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «Carpool», «car share» mean going together in one car; «car boot sale» (UK) is a market sold from car boots.[↗](../../car/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (rude) «Get in the bloody car!» is everyday grumbling.[↗](../../car/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (formal) Exams and notices say «motor vehicle», «automobile» (USA), «passenger vehicle», «seating capacity» and «fuel consumption».[↗](../../car/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 9 cars.[↗](../../car/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How many wheels?[↗](../../car/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each car holds 5 people.[↗](../../car/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The car goes 60 miles an hour.[↗](../../car/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wear your seat belt in the car.[↗](../../car/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to the beach by car.[↗](../../car/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The train has 8 cars.[↗](../../car/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Look both ways for cars before you cross.[↗](../../car/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Small children ride in a car seat.[↗](../../car/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Shotgun\![↗](../../car/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") I'm in the front.[↗](../../car/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Get in the bloody car, we're late\![↗](../../car/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's old banger broke down again.[↗](../../car/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Each motor vehicle has a seating capacity of 5 persons.[↗](../../car/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") Determine the number of vehicles required to convey 23 persons.[↗](../../car/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.[↗](../../car/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../car/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.[↗](../../car/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../car/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · When they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him: 'Come and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and become anxious concerning us.'[↗](../../car/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.9.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../car/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **carabineer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A carabineer is an old word for a soldier armed with a carbine, a short rifle.[↗](../../carabineer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A carabineer is a police officer of the Italian national police force, the Carabinieri.[↗](../../carabineer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The carabineer took Geppetto to prison.[↗](../../carabineer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pinocchio saw the carabineer from afar and ran.[↗](../../carabineer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The carabineer caught Pinocchio by the nose.[↗](../../carabineer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **caracara** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large bird of prey from the Americas, related to falcons, with long legs and often a bare red or orange face; it walks on the ground and eats dead animals as well as live prey.[↗](../../caracara/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The caracara was eating a dead fish on the beach.[↗](../../caracara/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A crested caracara has a black cap and red face.[↗](../../caracara/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Caracaras walk on the ground more than other falcons.[↗](../../caracara/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a caracara in Florida.[↗](../../caracara/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The caracara is a clever bird.[↗](../../caracara/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **carafe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A glass jug with a narrow neck and no lid, used for serving water or wine at the table.[↗](../../carafe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The waiter brought a carafe of water.[↗](../../carafe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The carafe holds one litre.[↗](../../carafe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pour the juice from the carafe.[↗](../../carafe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum put a carafe of water on the table.[↗](../../carafe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · How many 250 ml glasses can a 1 litre carafe fill?[↗](../../carafe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The glass carafe broke on the floor.[↗](../../carafe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **caramel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Caramel is a sweet, brown, sticky food made by heating sugar until it melts and turns brown.[↗](../../caramel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A caramel is a chewy sweet made from sugar, butter and milk.[↗](../../caramel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Caramel is a light brown colour.[↗](../../caramel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We drizzled caramel sauce over the ice cream.[↗](../../caramel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Melting sugar turns into caramel.[↗](../../caramel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma gave us a chewy caramel.[↗](../../caramel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hot caramel can burn, so ask an adult.[↗](../../caramel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her puppy has a caramel-coloured coat.[↗](../../caramel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Salted caramel is sweet and a bit salty.[↗](../../caramel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **caravan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Australia, NZ) A vehicle with beds and a kitchen pulled by a car, for holidays; in the US a trailer or RV.[↗](../../caravan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A group of people with animals or vehicles travelling together, especially across a desert.[↗](../../caravan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A covered wagon people live in, like a Romany caravan.[↗](../../caravan/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went on a caravan holiday by the sea.[↗](../../caravan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The caravan park was full in summer.[↗](../../caravan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A caravan of camels crossed the desert.[↗](../../caravan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad towed the caravan behind the car.[↗](../../caravan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The caravan has two beds and a little sink.[↗](../../caravan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Caravanning is popular in Australia.[↗](../../caravan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He joined a caravan and set out.[↗](../../caravan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.[↗](../../caravan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../caravan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them — (Writings JOB.6.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../caravan/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.[↗](../../caravan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.21.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../caravan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The caravan of camels shall cover thee, and of the young camels of Midian and Ephah, all coming from Sheba; they shall bring gold and incense, and shall proclaim the praises of the LORD.[↗](../../caravan/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.60.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../caravan/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **caravanserai** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An inn with a big courtyard on old trade routes in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, where travellers and their camels or horses could rest for the night.[↗](../../caravanserai/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A group of people travelling together (rare, literary).[↗](../../caravanserai/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The merchants rested at a caravanserai on the Silk Road.[↗](../../caravanserai/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Camels drank water in the caravanserai courtyard.[↗](../../caravanserai/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw the ruins of a caravanserai in Turkey.[↗](../../caravanserai/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A caravanserai had rooms around a big square yard.[↗](../../caravanserai/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Traders swapped silk and spices at the caravanserai.[↗](../../caravanserai/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The storyteller described a busy caravanserai at night.[↗](../../caravanserai/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **caraway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A plant related to the carrot whose small, curved, brown seeds are used as a spice.[↗](../../caraway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The seeds of this plant, with a warm, slightly liquorice-like taste.[↗](../../caraway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rye bread often has caraway seeds in it.[↗](../../caraway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran's seed cake is made with caraway.[↗](../../caraway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Caraway tastes a little like aniseed.[↗](../../caraway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sauerkraut was flavoured with caraway.[↗](../../caraway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We grew caraway in the herb garden.[↗](../../caraway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **carbohydrate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A carbohydrate is one of the main kinds of nutrients in food, which gives your body energy.[↗](../../carbohydrate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Carbohydrates are found in foods such as bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, cereals and fruit; sugars and starches are carbohydrates.[↗](../../carbohydrate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pasta and bread are rich in carbohydrates.[↗](../../carbohydrate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Carbohydrates give us energy to run and play.[↗](../../carbohydrate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Potatoes contain a carbohydrate called starch.[↗](../../carbohydrate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sugar is a carbohydrate too, but too much is bad for your teeth.[↗](../../carbohydrate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants make carbohydrates using sunlight.[↗](../../carbohydrate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A healthy plate has carbohydrates, protein, fruit and vegetables.[↗](../../carbohydrate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **carbon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A chemical element found in all living things, in coal, in diamonds and pencil «lead» (graphite).[↗](../../carbon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Short for carbon dioxide or carbon emissions in talk about climate: «cut carbon», «carbon footprint».[↗](../../carbon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Diamonds and pencil lead are both made of carbon.[↗](../../carbon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen.[↗](../../carbon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We breathe out carbon dioxide.[↗](../../carbon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Burning coal puts carbon dioxide into the air.[↗](../../carbon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking to school instead of driving shrinks your carbon footprint.[↗](../../carbon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A carbon monoxide alarm warns you about a dangerous gas.[↗](../../carbon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · All living things contain carbon.[↗](../../carbon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The carbon cycle moves carbon between air, plants, animals and the ground.[↗](../../carbon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **carbonate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A chemical compound containing carbon and oxygen, like calcium carbonate in chalk and limestone.[↗](../../carbonate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To add carbon dioxide gas to a drink to make it fizzy.[↗](../../carbonate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Chalk is made of calcium carbonate.[↗](../../carbonate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Vinegar makes the carbonate fizz.[↗](../../carbonate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Carbonated water has bubbles in it.[↗](../../carbonate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory carbonates the lemonade.[↗](../../carbonate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Limestone is a carbonate rock.[↗](../../carbonate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bicarbonate of soda is used in baking.[↗](../../carbonate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **carbonated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (of a drink) With bubbles of carbon dioxide gas in it; fizzy: «carbonated water».[↗](../../carbonated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Past form of «carbonate»: to add carbon dioxide to a liquid.[↗](../../carbonated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Carbonated water has tiny bubbles.[↗](../../carbonated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Shake a carbonated drink and it will spray when opened.[↗](../../carbonated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fizzy drinks are carbonated with carbon dioxide.[↗](../../carbonated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said to drink fewer sugary carbonated drinks.[↗](../../carbonated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested how fast carbonated water goes flat.[↗](../../carbonated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lemonade in the UK is usually carbonated.[↗](../../carbonated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **carbonation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Adding carbon dioxide gas to a drink so that it becomes fizzy.[↗](../../carbonation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The fizziness of a drink.[↗](../../carbonation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) A chemical reaction with carbon dioxide, for example when concrete or limestone react with CO2.[↗](../../carbonation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The carbonation makes cola fizzy.[↗](../../carbonation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our lemonade went flat because it lost its carbonation.[↗](../../carbonation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Carbonation happens when carbon dioxide dissolves in water.[↗](../../carbonation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Shaking the bottle releases the carbonation quickly.[↗](../../carbonation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cold drinks keep their carbonation longer than warm ones.[↗](../../carbonation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **carboniferous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Carboniferous was a time in Earth's history, about 359 to 299 million years ago, when huge swamp forests grew and later turned into coal.[↗](../../carboniferous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Containing or producing coal.[↗](../../carboniferous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Coal formed from plants in the Carboniferous.[↗](../../carboniferous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Giant dragonflies lived in the Carboniferous period.[↗](../../carboniferous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Carboniferous was before the dinosaurs.[↗](../../carboniferous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · These carboniferous rocks contain coal.[↗](../../carboniferous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Forests of tree ferns grew in the Carboniferous.[↗](../../carboniferous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Amphibians were common in the Carboniferous.[↗](../../carboniferous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **carbonise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To turn something into carbon or charcoal by heating it strongly, usually without much air.[↗](../../carbonise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) To change dead plants slowly into coal or into a black carbon layer over a very long time.[↗](../../carbonise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (cooking, joking) To burn food so badly that it goes black and hard.[↗](../../carbonise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Charcoal is made by carbonising wood in a kiln with little air.[↗](../../carbonise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Over millions of years the buried ferns were carbonised into coal.[↗](../../carbonise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad left the toast in too long and carbonised it.[↗](../../carbonise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeologists found carbonised grain in the old Roman oven.[↗](../../carbonise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If you heat sugar too long, it starts to carbonise and smell bitter.[↗](../../carbonise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fossil leaf was a thin carbonised film on the rock.[↗](../../carbonise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't carbonise the marshmallows, just toast them golden.[↗](../../carbonise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **carbuncle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A carbuncle is a dark red precious stone, a round-cut garnet.[↗](../../carbuncle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A carbuncle is an old word for a painful boil under the skin.[↗](../../carbuncle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A dark red precious stone.[↗](../../carbuncle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The prince found a glowing carbuncle in the box.[↗](../../carbuncle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen's necklace had a carbuncle that shone like torches.[↗](../../carbuncle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pirates loaded diamonds, rubies and carbuncles onto the ship.[↗](../../carbuncle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald; (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carbuncle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.[↗](../../carbuncle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carbuncle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.[↗](../../carbuncle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.54.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carbuncle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Aram was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy wealth; they traded for thy wares with carbuncles, purple, and richly woven work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.[↗](../../carbuncle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../carbuncle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;[↗](../../carbuncle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917) · As to the cargo, let it be diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and carbuncles.”[↗](../../carbuncle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (The Blue Fairy Book) · And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.[↗](../../carbuncle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/7/) **8** [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/9/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/7/) - next →: [page 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