SYNONYMS: range, variety
2 something that you choose • You made a good choice when you bought this book.
choir choirs
NOUN a group of singers, for example in a church
choke chokes, choking, choked
VERB If you choke on something, it prevents you from breathing properly. • He choked on a fish bone.
cholesterol
NOUN a substance found in all animal fats, tissues and blood
choose chooses, choosing, chose, chosen
VERB If you choose something, you decide to have it or do it.
SYNONYMS: pick, select
chop chops, chopping, chopped
VERB 1 If you chop something, you cut it with quick, heavy strokes using an axe or a knife. • Mum chopped the logs for firewood.
NOUN 2 a small piece of pork or lamb that contains a bone • We had chops and broccoli for dinner.
choppy
ADJECTIVE When the sea or a stretch of water is choppy, there are a lot of waves on it because it is windy.
chopstick chopsticks
NOUN Chopsticks are a pair of thin sticks used for eating Chinese and Japanese food.
choral
Said “kor-al” ADJECTIVE for a choir
chord chords
NOUN a group of three or more musical notes played together
chore chores
NOUN an uninteresting job that has to be done
chorus choruses
NOUN 1 a part of a song that is repeated after each verse
2 a large group of singers
chose
VERB the past tense of choose
chosen
VERB 1 the past participle of choose (#ulink_b2bdfd59-912c-5cd7-b79f-a9d6e3739736)
2 When you are chosen, you are picked to do something. • I was chosen for the volleyball team.
christen christens, christening, christened
VERB When a priest christens someone, they name them in a ceremony where water is poured over their head as a sign that they are a member of the Christian church.
christening NOUN
Christian Christians
NOUN a person who believes in Jesus Christ and his teachings
Christianity NOUN
Christmas Christmases
NOUN a Christian festival held on December 25th to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ
chrome
Said “krome” NOUN metal plated with chromium, a hard, silver-grey metal
chromosome chromosomes
Said “krome-uh-soam” NOUN the part of a cell in living things that contains the genes that determine what characteristics the animal or plant will have
chronic
ADJECTIVE lasting a very long time or never stopping • He suffers from chronic hay fever.
chronological
ADJECTIVE arranged in the order in which things happened • Tell me the whole story in chronological order.
chronologically ADVERB
chrysalis chrysalises