carpet noun carpets
A carpet is a thick, soft cover for a floor.
carrot noun carrots
A carrot is a long, orange vegetable.
carry verb carries, carrying, carried
If you carry something, you hold it and take it somewhere with you.
We carried our bags to the car.
carton noun cartons
A carton is a container made of plastic or cardboard that is used to hold food or drink.
I bought a carton of milk.
cartoon noun cartoons
1 A cartoon is a funny drawing.
2 A cartoon is also a film that uses drawings, not real people or things.
case noun cases
A case is a container that is used to hold or carry something.
He put the camera in its case.
castle noun castles
A castle is a large building with very thick, high walls. Most castles were built a long time ago to keep the people inside safe from their enemies.
cat noun cats
A cat is an animal that is covered with fur and has a long tail. People often keep small cats as pets. Large cats, for example lions and tigers, are wild.
catch verb catches, catching, caught
1 If you catch something that is moving, you take hold of it while it is in the air.
I tried to catch the ball.
2 If you catch a bus or a train, you get on it.
We caught the bus to school.
3 If you catch an illness, you become ill with it.
He caught measles.
caterpillar noun caterpillars
A caterpillar is a small animal that looks like a worm with lots of short legs. Caterpillars turn into butterflies or moths.
cattle noun
Cattle are cows and bulls.
There were cattle in the field.
caught
Look at catch (#ulink_5cd0727e-9f9d-5765-a0b8-51957c4169c9).
I jumped and caught the ball.
cauliflower noun cauliflowers
A cauliflower is a big, round, white vegetable with green leaves.
cave noun caves
A cave is a big hole in the side of a hill or a mountain, or beneath the ground.
CD noun CDs
CD is short for compact disc.
I bought the band’s new CD.
ceiling noun ceilings
A ceiling is the part of a room that is above your head.
centimetre noun centimetres
A centimetre is used for measuring the length of something. There are ten millimetres in a centimetre, and one hundred centimetres in a metre.
centre noun centres
The centre of something is the middle of it.
She stood in the centre of the room.
cereal noun cereals