2 Someone’s child is their son or daughter.
childhood childhoods
NOUN Your childhood is the time when you are a child.
childish
ADJECTIVE If someone is childish, they are not acting in an adult way.
ANTONYM: adult
childishly ADVERB
childminder childminders
NOUN a person who is paid to look after children while their parents are at work
children
PLURAL NOUN the plural of child
chill chills, chilling, chilled
VERB 1 When you chill something, you make it cold. • Chill the orange juice before you drink it.
NOUN 2 a feverish cold
3 a feeling of cold • the chill of early morning
chilli chillies
NOUN the red or green seed pod of a type of pepper that has a very hot, spicy taste
chilly chillier, chilliest
ADJECTIVE 1 Chilly weather is rather cold.
2 If people behave in a chilly way, they are not very friendly.
chime chimes, chiming, chimed
VERB 1 When a bell chimes, it makes a clear ringing sound.
NOUN 2 Chimes are a set of bells or other objects that make ringing sounds.
chimney chimneys
NOUN a pipe above a fireplace or furnace through which smoke from the fire can escape
chimpanzee chimpanzees
NOUN a small ape with dark fur that lives in forests in Africa
chin chins
NOUN the part of your face below your mouth
china
NOUN plates, cups, saucers and other dishes that are made from fine clay
chink chinks
NOUN 1 a small, narrow opening • a chink in the fence
2 a small ringing sound, like glasses touching each other
chip chips, chipping, chipped
NOUN 1 Chips are thin strips of fried potato.
2 a tiny piece of silicon inside a computer, which is used to form electronic circuits • computer chips
VERB 3 If you chip an object, you break a small piece off it.
chirp chirps, chirping, chirped
VERB When a bird chirps, it makes a short, high-pitched sound.
chisel chisels, chiselling, chiselled
NOUN 1 a tool with a long metal blade and a sharp edge at the end. Chisels are used for cutting and shaping wood, stone or metal.
VERB 2 If you chisel wood, stone or metal, you cut or shape it using a chisel.
chlorine
NOUN a poisonous greenish-yellow gas with a strong, unpleasant smell. It is used to disinfect water and to make bleach.
chocolate chocolates
NOUN a sweet food made from cocoa beans
[from Aztec xococ + atl meaning bitter water]
choice choices
NOUN 1 a range of different things that are available to choose from