VERB If a boat capsizes, it turns upside down.
capsule capsules
NOUN 1 a small container with medicine inside, which you swallow
2 the part of a spacecraft in which astronauts travel
[from Latin capsula meaning little box]
captain captains
NOUN 1 the officer in charge of a ship or aeroplane
2 the leader of a sports team
caption captions
NOUN a title printed underneath a picture or a photograph
captive captives
NOUN someone who is locked up and kept prisoner
capture captures, capturing, captured
VERB If someone captures someone or something, they take them prisoner.
car cars
NOUN 1 a four-wheeled road vehicle with an engine and room to carry a few passengers
2 a railway carriage used for a particular purpose • the buffet car
caravan caravans
NOUN 1 a vehicle pulled by a car in which people live or spend their holidays
2 a group of people and animals travelling together, usually across a desert
carbohydrate carbohydrates
NOUN a substance that gives you energy. It is found in foods like sugar and bread.
carbon
NOUN a chemical found in coal, diamonds and graphite. All 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