Collins First Dictionary

Coffee beans grow on a coffee plant.

coin noun coins

A coin is a round, flat piece of metal that is used as money.

cold adjective colder, coldest

1 If you are cold, you do not feel comfortable because you are not warm enough.

Wear a jumper if you are cold.

2 If something is cold, it is not hot.

The weather is very cold.

cold noun colds

When you have a cold, you sneeze and cough a lot, and you have a sore throat.

collar noun collars

1 The collar of a shirt or jacket is the part that goes around your neck.

2 A collar is also a band that goes around the neck of a dog or cat.

collect verb collects, collecting, collected

1 If you collect things, you bring them together.

He collected wood for the fire.

2 If you collect someone from a place, you go there and take them away.

Mum collected us from school.

colour noun colours

Red, blue and yellow are the main colours. You can mix them together to make other colours.

comb noun combs

A comb is a flat piece of metal or plastic with very thin points that you use to make your hair tidy.

come verb comes, coming, came, come

When you come to a place, you move towards it or arrive there.

She came into the room.

comfortable adjective

If something is comfortable, it makes you feel good.

This is a very comfortable chair.

comic noun comics

A comic is a magazine with stories that are told in pictures.

common adjective

If things are common, you see lots of them around, or they happen often.

Foxes are quite common in this area.

compact disc noun compact discs

A compact disc is a round, flat piece of plastic that has music or information on it. Compact discs are also called CDs.

competition noun competitions

When you are in a competition, you try to show that you are the best at something.

She won the painting competition.

complete adjective

If something is complete, none of it is missing.

He had a complete set of crayons.

computer noun computers

A computer is a machine that can store a lot of information and can work things out very quickly.

We played games on our computer.

confused adjective

If you are confused, you do not understand what is happening, or you do not know what to do.

She was confused about where to go.

consonant noun consonants

A consonant is any letter of the alphabet that is not a, e, i, o, or u.

The word “book” has two consonants in it.