to encourage a person or team.
cheerful ADJECTIVE
Someone who is cheerful shows they are feeling happy.
cheese cheeses NOUN
Cheese is a food made from milk. Some cheeses have a strong flavour.
See Other foods on page 261
cheetah cheetahs NOUN
A cheetah is a large wild animal of the cat family, with black spots.
chef chefs NOUN
A chef is the head cook in a restaurant or hotel.
chemist chemists
NOUN 1 A chemist is a person who makes up medicine.
NOUN 2 The chemist is a shop where you can buy medicine and things like soap and toothpaste.
NOUN 3 A chemist can be a scientist trained in chemistry.
chemistry NOUN
Chemistry is the scientific study of how substances are made up and how they work together.
cheque cheques NOUN
A cheque is a piece of paper that people use to pay for things.
cherry cherries NOUN
A cherry is a small round red or black fruit with a hard seed called a stone in the middle.
See Fruit on page 260
chess NOUN
Chess is a game for two people. It is played on a board marked in black and white squares.
chest chests
NOUN 1 Your chest is the top part of the front of your body, between your neck and your waist.
NOUN 2 A chest is a large heavy box, usually made of wood.
chestnut chestnuts
NOUN 1 A chestnut is a large tree.
NOUN 2 A chestnut is also a shiny brown nut that grows on a chestnut tree.
chew chews, chewing, chewed VERB
When you chew food, you bite it several times.
chick chicks NOUN
A chick is a baby bird.
See Young animals on page 265
chicken chickens NOUN
A chicken is a bird kept on a farm for its eggs and meat.
chickenpox NOUN
Chickenpox is an illness that gives you itchy spots.
chief chiefs NOUN
A chief is a person in charge of other people.
child children NOUN
A child is a young boy or girl.
childhood NOUN
A person’s childhood is the time of life when they are a child.
childish ADJECTIVE
You call a person childish if they are not acting like an adult is expected to act.
children PLURAL NOUN
Children is the plural of child.
chilly chillier, chilliest ADJECTIVE
If you feel chilly, you are not quite warm enough to be comfortable.
chime chimes NOUN
A chime is the musical sound made by a bell or a clock.
chimney chimneys NOUN
A chimney is a pipe which takes smoke from a fire up into the air.
chimpanzee chimpanzees NOUN
A chimpanzee is a small ape with dark fur that lives in forests in Africa.
chin chins NOUN
Your chin is the part of your face below your mouth.
chip chips, chipping, chipped
NOUN 1 A chip is a long thin fried piece of potato.
See Other foods on page 261
NOUN 2 A silicon chip is a tiny piece of special material used in computers.
VERB 3 When you chip something, you break a small piece off it.
chisel chisels NOUN
A chisel is a tool with a long thin blade and a sharp end, which is used for cutting wood or stone.
chocolate chocolates
NOUN 1 Chocolate is a brown sweet or drink made from cocoa.
NOUN 2 A chocolate is a sweet covered with a layer of chocolate.
choice choices
NOUN 1 A choice is the different things that you can choose from.
NOUN 2 A choice can also be someone or something that you choose. If you need a captain, Jessica would be a good choice.
choir choirs NOUN
A choir is a group of people who sing together.
choke chokes, choking, choked VERB
If you choke, you cannot breathe because not enough air can get to your lungs. He choked on a chicken bone.
choose chooses, choosing, chose, chosen VERB
To choose something is to decide which thing you want to have or do.
chop chops, chopping, chopped
VERB 1 When someone chops something like wood, they cut it with an axe.
NOUN 2 A chop is a slice of meat on a bone.
chorus choruses NOUN
A chorus is a part of a song which is repeated after each verse.
chose VERB
Chose is the past tense of choose.
chosen VERB
Chosen is the past participle of choose.
Christian Christians NOUN
A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christmas Christmases NOUN
Christmas is a Christian festival held on December 25, when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated.
chuckle chuckles, chuckling, chuckled VERB
When you chuckle, you laugh quietly.
church churches NOUN
A church is a building where Christians worship.
cigarette cigarettes NOUN
A cigarette is a thin roll of paper with tobacco in, which people smoke.
cinema cinemas NOUN
A cinema is a place where people watch films.
circle circles NOUN
A circle is a perfect round shape.
circular ADJECTIVE
See Colours and shapes on page 266
circuit circuits NOUN