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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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NOUN 2 a sound of something clicking

client clients

NOUN someone who pays a professional person or company for a service

cliff cliffs

NOUN a high area of land with a very steep side, usually next to the sea

cliffhanger cliffhangers

NOUN a very exciting or frightening situation, usually in a television or radio serial, where you are left not knowing what is going to happen next

climate climates

NOUN the general weather conditions that are typical of a place

climax climaxes

NOUN the most exciting moment of something, usually near the end

climb climbs, climbing, climbed

VERB 1 If you climb something, such as a tree, mountain or ladder, you move towards the top of it.

2 If you climb somewhere, you move there with difficulty. • We climbed over the high wall.

NOUN 3 a movement upwards • I was tired after the long climb to the top of the hill.

climber NOUN

cling clings, clinging, clung

VERB If you cling to something, you hold on to it tightly.

clinic clinics

NOUN a place where people go for medical advice or treatment

clip clips, clipping, clipped

NOUN 1 a small metal or plastic object used for holding things together

2 a short piece of a film shown by itself

VERB 3 If you clip something, you cut bits from it to shape it.

clipboard clipboards

NOUN a stiff piece of board or plastic, with a clip at the top to keep papers in place

clippers

PLURAL NOUN a tool used for cutting • hedge clippers

cloak cloaks, cloaking, cloaked

NOUN 1 a wide, loose coat without sleeves

VERB 2 If something cloaks something else, it covers or hides it. • The mist cloaked the land.

cloakroom cloakrooms

NOUN 1 a room where you can leave coats and luggage for a while

2 a room with toilets and washbasins in a public building

clock clocks

NOUN an instrument that measures and shows the time

clockwise

ADVERB in the same direction as the hands on a clock

clockwork

NOUN 1 Toys that move by clockwork are wound up with a key.

PHRASE 2 If something goes like clockwork, it happens with no problems or delays.

clog clogs, clogging, clogged

VERB 1 When something is clogged, or when you clog something up, it becomes blocked and doesn’t work properly or doesn’t allow things to move freely. • The traffic was clogging the roads.

NOUN 2 a shoe made entirely of wood, originally from the Netherlands

clone clones

NOUN an animal or plant that is an identical copy of another animal or plant

close closes, closing, closed; closer, closest

Said “klohz” VERB 1 If you close something, you move it so that it is no longer open. • He closed the door behind him.

2 If a shop or other building closes at a certain time, it does not do business after that time.

Said “klohss” ADJECTIVE 3 Something that is close to something else is near to it.
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