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