living things contain carbon.
carbon dioxide
NOUN the gas that human beings and other animals breathe out
carbon footprint carbon footprints
NOUN the amount of carbon monoxide produced by a person, company or country
card cards
NOUN 1 a piece of stiff paper or plastic with a message or information on it • birthday card • credit card
2 When you play cards, you play a game using special playing cards.
3 strong, stiff paper
cardboard
NOUN thick, stiff paper, which is stronger than card
cardigan cardigans
NOUN a knitted jacket that fastens up the front
care cares, caring, cared
VERB 1 If you care about something or someone, you are concerned about them and interested in them.
2 If you care for a person or an animal, you look after them.
NOUN 3 worry or trouble • She didn’t have a care in the world.
4 If you do something with care, you concentrate very hard on it so that you don’t make mistakes. • He wrote the telephone number down with great care.
PHRASE 5 If you take care of a person or an animal, you look after them. • Shakira said she would take care of the hamsters while we were on holiday.
career careers
NOUN Your career is the series of jobs you have in life, often in the same occupation. • a teaching career
careful
ADJECTIVE acting sensibly and with care
ANTONYM: careless
carefully ADVERB
careless
ADJECTIVE not paying attention to what you are doing
SYNONYMS: slapdash, sloppy
carelessly ADVERB carelessness NOUN
caretaker caretakers
NOUN a person who looks after a large building such as a school
cargo cargoes
NOUN goods carried on a ship or plane
Caribbean
Said “carib-ee-un” NOUN 1 short for the Caribbean Sea, which lies between the West Indies and South America
ADJECTIVE 2 to do with the Caribbean Sea or the islands in it • I love Caribbean food.
carnation carnations
NOUN a plant with thin leaves and scented white, pink or red flowers
carnival carnivals
NOUN a public festival with music, processions and dancing
carnivore carnivores
NOUN an animal that eats meat
carnivorous ADJECTIVE
carol carols
NOUN a religious song sung at Christmas time
carpenter carpenters
NOUN a person who makes and repairs wooden things
carpentry NOUN
carpet carpets
NOUN a thick floor covering usually made of material like wool
carriage carriages
NOUN 1 one of the separate sections of a passenger train
2 an old-fashioned vehicle for carrying passengers, usually pulled by horses
Carroll diagram Carroll diagrams
NOUN a way of sorting and displaying information in the form of a grid
carrot carrots
NOUN a long, thin, orange-coloured root vegetable
carry carries, carrying, carried
VERB 1 If you carry something, you hold it and take it somewhere.
2 When a vehicle carries people, they travel in it.
3 If people or animals carry a germ or a disease, they can pass it on to others.
4 If a sound carries it can be heard a long way off. • Their voices carried across the valley.
cart carts
NOUN a vehicle with wheels, used for carrying things and usually pulled by horses or cattle
carton cartons
NOUN a cardboard or plastic container
cartoon cartoons
NOUN 1 a humorous drawing in a newspaper, comic or magazine
2 a film in which all the characters and scenes are drawn
cartridge cartridges
NOUN 1 a tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance, used in guns
2 a small plastic container filled with ink that you put in a pen or a printer
cartwheel cartwheels
NOUN an acrobatic movement in which you lift both arms in the air then throw yourself sideways on to one hand, swinging your body around in a circle with your legs straight until you land on your feet again
carve carves, carving, carved
VERB If you carve something, you shape it or slice it with a knife.
cascade cascades, cascading, cascaded
NOUN 1 a small waterfall or group of waterfalls flowing down a rocky hillside
VERB 2 When water cascades, it flows very fast down a hillside or over rocks.
case cases
NOUN 1 a box for keeping or carrying things in
2 a particular situation or event • a bad case of measles
3 A crime that the police are investigating is called a case.
cash
NOUN money in notes and coins
cashier cashiers
NOUN the person who deals with money in a place such as a shop or a bank
casserole casseroles
NOUN 1 a stew made with meat, vegetables or fish that is baked in the oven
2 a dish with a lid, which is used for cooking
cast casts, casting, cast
NOUN 1 all the people who act in a play or film
2 an object made by pouring a liquid such as plaster into a container and leaving it to harden
VERB 3 If an object casts a shadow on to a place, it makes a shadow fall there.
castaway castaways
NOUN someone who has been shipwrecked but manages to survive on a lonely shore or an island
castle castles
NOUN a large building with walls or ditches round it to protect it from attack
[from Latin castellum meaning small fort]
casual
ADJECTIVE 1 happening by chance and without planning • I made a casual remark.
2 Casual clothes are suitable for informal occasions.
casualty casualties
NOUN