--- title: C — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 description: The 1851 words of the school 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/school/C/page/9/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / C # C — The school dictionary · page 9 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/8/) **9** [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/11/) [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/12/) [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/13/) [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/14/) [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/15/) [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/16/) [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/17/) [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/19/) - [coalesced](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalesced/) — Past form of «coalesce»: came together and joined into one bigger thing or group. — 8 sentences - [coalition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalition/) — A coalition is a government made by two or more political parties working together, often because no one party won enough seats. — 7 sentences - [coarse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coarse/) — Rough and thick to touch, not smooth or fine (coarse sand, coarse cloth). — 13 sentences - [coast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coast/) — The coast is the land right next to the sea or ocean. — 12 sentences - [coastal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coastal/) — On or near the coast, where land meets the sea: a coastal town. — 8 sentences - [coastguard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coastguard/) — The coastguard is the organisation that watches the sea near a coast and rescues people and boats in danger. — 8 sentences - [coastline](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coastline/) — A coastline is the edge of the land where it meets the sea, especially its shape as seen on a map or along a long stretch. — 7 sentences - [coat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/) — A coat is a warm piece of clothing with sleeves that you wear over your other clothes when you go outside. — 13 sentences - [coating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coating/) — A coating is a thin layer of something that covers a surface (a coating of dust, a coating of chocolate). — 10 sentences - [coax](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coax/) — To persuade someone gently and patiently to do something. — 11 sentences - [coaxing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/) — Gently persuading someone to do something by being kind, patient and pleasant. — 10 sentences - [cob](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cob/) — A cob, or corncob, is the long middle part of an ear of corn (maize) that the kernels grow on: corn on the cob. — 12 sentences - [cobalt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobalt/) — Cobalt is a hard, silvery-grey metal; it is a chemical element. — 8 sentences - [cobble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobble/) — To cobble is to mend old shoes, especially by hand. — 5 sentences - [cobbler](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobbler/) — A cobbler is a person who mends shoes. — 5 sentences - [cobbling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobbling/) — Cobbling is the work of mending old shoes. — 5 sentences - [cobra](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobra/) — A cobra is a large, very poisonous snake from Africa and Asia that can spread the skin of its neck into a wide hood when it is in danger o… — 8 sentences - [cobweb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobweb/) — A cobweb is the fine sticky thread net that a spider spins to catch insects. — 5 sentences - [coca](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coca/) — Coca is a bush that grows in the Andes mountains of South America; its leaves are chewed or made into tea by local people to help with tir… — 9 sentences - [coccyx](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coccyx/) — The small bone at the very bottom of the spine, made of tiny bones joined together; also called the tailbone. — 6 sentences - [cochin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cochin/) — A large, fluffy breed of chicken with feathers growing down over its legs and feet, first brought to Britain from Asia in the 1800s. — 10 sentences - [cochineal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cochineal/) — A deep red dye made from tiny scale insects that live on prickly pear cacti, used to colour food, drinks, make-up and cloth. — 8 sentences - [cochlea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cochlea/) — The cochlea is a small, spiral-shaped tube in the inner ear, shaped like a snail shell and filled with liquid. — 9 sentences - [cock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/) — A cock is an adult male chicken (a rooster); also the male of some other birds. — 12 sentences - [cockatoo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockatoo/) — A cockatoo is a large parrot with a crest of feathers on its head that it can raise and lower. — 9 sentences - [cockatrice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockatrice/) — A cockatrice is a made-up monster, like a snake with a cock's head, whose look was said to kill. — 4 sentences - [cockchafer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockchafer/) — A large brown European beetle, also called a May bug or doodlebug, that flies clumsily on spring evenings and buzzes loudly. — 10 sentences - [cockcrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockcrow/) — Cockcrow is the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first crows, at dawn. — 4 sentences - [cockerel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockerel/) — A cockerel is a young male chicken. — 8 sentences - [cockeyed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockeyed/) — Crooked, not straight or level, like a cockeyed picture. — 8 sentences - [cockle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockle/) — A small edible shellfish with two ribbed, heart-shaped shells, found in sand on beaches. — 9 sentences - [cockney](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockney/) — A person from the East End of London, traditionally someone born within the sound of the Bow Bells church. — 8 sentences - [cockpit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/) — The front part of an aeroplane, where the pilot sits and flies it. — 9 sentences - [cockroach](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockroach/) — A cockroach is a large brown or black insect with long feelers that lives in warm, dirty places and can spread germs. — 8 sentences - [cocky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocky/) — Too confident and sure of yourself in an annoying or rude way. — 12 sentences - [coco](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/) — The coconut palm, the tall tropical tree that grows coconuts; also short for coconut in words like «coco fibre» and «coco husk». — 9 sentences - [cocoa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/) — Cocoa is a brown powder made from roasted cacao beans, used to make chocolate drinks and to flavour cakes. — 11 sentences - [coconut](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coconut/) — A coconut is the large, hard, hairy brown fruit of a palm tree, with white flesh and liquid inside. — 10 sentences - [cocoon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoon/) — A cocoon is a silky case that some insect larvae, like moths and silkworms, spin around themselves to change into adults. — 11 sentences - [cod](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cod/) — A cod is a large sea fish with white flesh, eaten a lot as food, especially in fish and chips. — 12 sentences - [code](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/code/) — A code is a system of letters, numbers or signs used to send secret messages. — 13 sentences - [codex](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/codex/) — An old book written by hand, with pages bound together, especially an ancient or medieval book. — 7 sentences - [codfish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/codfish/) — A codfish is a large sea fish that people eat. — 5 sentences - [codswallop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/codswallop/) — Nonsense; something that is silly and untrue: «That's a load of codswallop!». — 8 sentences - [coelacanth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coelacanth/) — A coelacanth is a large, rare, deep-sea fish with thick fleshy fins, a very old kind of fish once thought to have died out with the dinosa… — 8 sentences - [coeliac](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coeliac/) — Coeliac disease is an illness in which eating gluten, found in wheat, barley and rye, damages the gut. — 8 sentences - [coercion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coercion/) — Making someone do something by using force or threats, so they have no real choice. — 8 sentences - [coeval](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coeval/) — Of the same age, or existing at the same time as something else. — 8 sentences - [coexist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coexist/) — To live or exist together at the same time and in the same place. — 8 sentences - [coffee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffee/) — Coffee is a hot dark-brown drink made from the roasted and ground seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. — 13 sentences - [coffer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffer/) — A coffer is a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep money, gold or treasure safe. — 4 sentences - [coffin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coffin/) — A long box in which a dead person is buried or cremated. — 9 sentences - [cog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cog/) — A cog is one of the teeth around the edge of a wheel in a machine; a whole wheel with teeth is also called a cog or cogwheel (gear). — 10 sentences - [cogent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cogent/) — Clear, logical and convincing (a cogent argument, a cogent reason). — 7 sentences - [cognition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cognition/) — The mental processes of knowing, thinking, learning, remembering and understanding. — 8 sentences - [cohabit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabit/) — To cohabit is to live together in the same home as a couple without being married. — 8 sentences - [cohabitation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabitation/) — Cohabitation is living together as a couple without being married. — 8 sentences - [cohesion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohesion/) — Cohesion is how well the parts of something stick or hold together. — 10 sentences - [cohort](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohort/) — A cohort is a group of people who have something in common, such as the same age or starting school together. — 12 sentences - [coil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/) — A series of rings or loops made by winding something long (a coil of rope). — 11 sentences - [coiled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coiled/) — Coiled means wound into rings or circles, one on top of another, like a spring or a rope. — 11 sentences - [coin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coin/) — A coin is a small, flat, round piece of metal used as money. — 14 sentences - [coinage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coinage/) — The coins used in a country; its system of money (decimal coinage). — 9 sentences - [coincide](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coincide/) — To happen at the same time as something else (My birthday coincides with the holiday). — 9 sentences - [coincidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coincidence/) — When two things happen at the same time or in a surprising way by chance, without being planned (What a coincidence!). — 8 sentences - [coke](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coke/) — Coke (with a capital C) is short for Coca-Cola, a fizzy drink. — 10 sentences - [col](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/col/) — The lowest point on a ridge between two mountain peaks, often used as a pass to cross the mountains. — 10 sentences - [cola](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/) — A sweet, fizzy, brown soft drink, flavoured partly with the kola nut and usually containing caffeine. — 12 sentences - [colander](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colander/) — A colander is a kitchen bowl full of small holes, used for draining water from food such as pasta or for washing vegetables. — 7 sentences - [cold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cold/) — Having a low temperature; not warm. — 17 sentences - [coldly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coldly/) — In an unfriendly way, without warmth or kindness. — 7 sentences - [coldness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coldness/) — Coldness is the state of being cold, having a low temperature («the coldness of the water»). — 10 sentences - [cole](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cole/) — Cole is an old word for cabbage and the plants in the cabbage family, such as kale. — 9 sentences - [colic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colic/) — Colic is bad pain in the tummy, especially when a young baby cries for a long time for no clear reason, often in the evenings. — 8 sentences - [collaborate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/) — To work together with other people to make something or reach a shared goal: «We collaborated on the poster». — 9 sentences - [collaboration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaboration/) — Working together with others to make or do something. — 11 sentences - [collaborative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborative/) — Done by people working together, not alone: «a collaborative project». — 8 sentences - [collapse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collapse/) — To fall down or fall in suddenly, like a building, bridge or tent. — 14 sentences - [collapsible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collapsible/) — Made so that it can be folded up or pushed down into a smaller shape when not being used (a collapsible chair, a collapsible water bottle). — 8 sentences - [collar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collar/) — A collar is the part of a shirt, coat or dress that goes round the neck. — 13 sentences - [collarbone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collarbone/) — The collarbone is one of two long thin bones at the front of your body, running from the top of your chest to each shoulder. — 7 sentences - [collateral](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collateral/) — Collateral is something valuable, like a house, that you promise to give to a bank if you cannot pay back a loan. — 8 sentences - [collation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collation/) — A collation is a light meal, a snack set out for guests. — 4 sentences - [colleague](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colleague/) — A colleague is a person you work with, especially in a job or profession. — 8 sentences - [collect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collect/) — To collect is to gather things together into one place. — 13 sentences - [collected](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/) — Collected is the past of collect: gathered together. — 12 sentences - [collection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collection/) — A collection is a group of things a person gathers and keeps, like stamps or shells. — 12 sentences - [collective](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/) — Done or shared by all members of a group together. — 10 sentences - [collectively](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collectively/) — Collectively means all together, as a group. — 9 sentences - [collectivisation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collectivisation/) — The forcing of farmers to give up their own land and animals and join big farms run by the state, as in the Soviet Union in the late 1920s… — 8 sentences - [collector](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collector/) — A collector is a person who collects things of one kind as a hobby, such as stamps, coins, cards or shells. — 11 sentences - [college](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/) — A place of education after school, where people study for qualifications or a trade. — 12 sentences - [collide](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collide/) — To collide is to crash into something or someone while moving: «Two cars collided.». — 11 sentences - [collie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collie/) — A breed of dog with a long pointed nose and thick fur, first used in Scotland to herd sheep. — 9 sentences - [collins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collins/) — Collins is a common surname in Ireland, the UK, the USA and Australia, from the old Irish and English family names. — 9 sentences - [collision](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collision/) — A collision is when two or more things crash into each other while moving, like cars, people or balls. — 9 sentences - [colloquial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colloquial/) — Colloquial language is the informal, everyday way people talk with friends and family, not the careful language of books, letters and exams. — 10 sentences - [colloquially](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colloquially/) — In everyday, informal speech, not in formal writing: «A television is colloquially called a telly». — 7 sentences - [colobus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colobus/) — A slender African monkey with long silky fur, a long tail and only a stump instead of a thumb; the best-known kind is black and white. — 8 sentences - [cologne](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cologne/) — A light perfume, often for men, also called eau de cologne. — 9 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/8/) **9** [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/11/) [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/12/) [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/13/) [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/14/) [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/15/) [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/16/) [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/17/) [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/19/)