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a person killed or injured in an accident or a war • There were many casualties after the motorway crash.

      cat cats

      NOUN a small, furry mammal with whiskers, a tail and sharp claws, often kept as a pet

      catalogue catalogues

      NOUN a list of things, such as the goods you can buy from a company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library • I ordered my trainers from a mail order catalogue.

      catastrophe catastrophes

      NOUN a terrible disaster

      catastrophic ADJECTIVE

catch catches, catching, caught

      VERB 1 If you catch an object that is moving through the air, you grasp it with your hands.

      2 If you catch a person or animal, you capture them. • The police caught the thief.

      3 If you catch a bus, train or plane, you get on it and travel somewhere.

      4 If you catch a cold or a disease, you become ill with it.

      NOUN 5 a hook that fastens or locks a door or window

      catching

      ADJECTIVE If a disease or illness is catching it spreads very quickly. • Measles is catching.

      catchy catchier, catchiest

      ADJECTIVE Something that is catchy, such as a tune, is pleasant and easy to remember.

      category categories

      NOUN a group of things that have something in common

      caterpillar caterpillars

      NOUN the larva of a butterfly or moth. Caterpillars look like small, coloured worms and feed on plants.

      cathedral cathedrals

      NOUN an important church with a bishop in charge of it • Canterbury Cathedral

      Catholic Catholics

      ADJECTIVE OR NOUN a Roman Catholic, or belonging to that religion

      cattle

      PLURAL NOUN cows and bulls kept by farmers

      caught

      VERB the past tense of catch

      cauldron cauldrons

      NOUN a large, round metal cooking pot, especially one that sits over a fire

      [from Latin caldarium meaning hot bath]

      cauliflower cauliflowers

      NOUN a large, round, white vegetable surrounded by green leaves

      cause causes, causing, caused

      VERB 1 To cause something means to make it happen.

      NOUN 2 The cause of something is the thing that makes it happen. • The cause of the explosion was a gas leak.

      cautious

      ADJECTIVE Someone who is cautious acts carefully in order to avoid danger or disappointment.

      cavalry

      NOUN The cavalry is the part of an army that fights on horseback or in armoured vehicles such as tanks.

      cave caves, caving, caved

      NOUN a large hole in the side of a cliff or under the ground

      cave in

      VERB If a roof caves in, it collapses inwards.

      caveman or cavewoman cavemen or cavewomen

      NOUN Cavemen and cavewomen were people who lived in caves in prehistoric times.

      cavity cavities

      NOUN a small hole in something solid • There were cavities in his back teeth.

      CD

      NOUN an abbreviation for compact disc

      CD-ROM

      NOUN a way of storing video, sound or text on a compact disc that can be played on a computer. CD-ROM is an abbreviation for compact disc read-only memory.

      cease ceases, ceasing, ceased

      VERB 1 If something ceases, it stops.

      2 If you cease doing something, you stop doing it.

      ceiling ceilings

      NOUN the roof inside a room

      celebrate celebrates, celebrating, celebrated

      VERB If you celebrate something, you do something special and enjoyable because of it. • We felt like celebrating the end of exams.

      celebration NOUN

      celebrity celebrities

      NOUN a famous person

      celery

      NOUN a vegetable with long, pale green stalks

      cell cells

      NOUN 1 In biology, a cell is the smallest part of an animal or plant that can exist by itself. Humans, animals and plants are made up of millions of cells.

      2 a small room in a prison or police station where a prisoner is locked up

      cellar cellars

      NOUN a room underneath a building

      cello cellos

      Said “chel-oh” NOUN a large, stringed musical instrument that you play sitting down

      cellist NOUN

      Celsius

      NOUN a scale for measuring temperature in which water freezes at 0 degrees (0 °C) and boils at 100 degrees (100 °C)

      [named after Anders Celsius (1701–1744) who invented it]

      cement

      NOUN a grey powder that is mixed with sand and water to make concrete

      cemetery cemeteries

      NOUN an area of land where dead people are buried

      census censuses

      NOUN an official survey of the population of a country

      cent cents

      NOUN In some countries a cent is a unit of currency.

      centenary centenaries

      NOUN the hundredth anniversary of something

      centigrade

      NOUN another word for Celsius

      centimetre centimetres

      NOUN a unit of length (cm). One centimetre is equal to ten millimetres (mm).

      centipede centipedes

      NOUN a long, thin creature with many pairs of legs

      [from Latin centum + pedes meaning a hundred feet]

      central

      ADJECTIVE 1 Something central is in the middle.

      2 An idea that is central is the main idea.

      central heating

      NOUN a heating system in which water or air is heated and passed round a building through pipes and radiators

      centre centres

      NOUN 1 the middle of an object or area

      2 a building where people go for activities, meetings, or help • We played badminton at the sports centre.

      century centuries

      NOUN a period of one hundred years

      ceramic

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