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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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2 a section of a train that carries passengers

VERB 3 If someone coaches you, they help you to get better at a sport or a subject.

SYNONYMS: instruct, train

NOUN 4 someone who coaches a person or sports team

coal

NOUN a hard, black rock taken from under the ground and burned as a fuel

coarse coarser, coarsest

ADJECTIVE 1 Something that is coarse is rough in texture.

2 Someone who is coarse talks or behaves in a rude, offensive way.

coarsely ADVERB coarseness NOUN

coast coasts, coasting, coasted

NOUN 1 the edge of the land where it meets the sea

VERB 2 If a vehicle coasts somewhere, it moves there with the engine switched off. • The car coasted quietly down the hill.

coastal ADJECTIVE

coastguard coastguards

NOUN an official who watches the sea near a coast to get help for sailors when they need it

coat coats, coating, coated

NOUN 1 a piece of outdoor clothing with sleeves, which you wear over other clothes

2 An animal’s coat is the fur or hair on its body.

3 A coat of paint or varnish is a layer of it.

VERB 4 If you coat something, you cover it with a thin layer of something. • We coated the biscuits with chocolate.

coating coatings

NOUN a thin layer of something spread over a surface

coax coaxes, coaxing, coaxed

VERB If you coax someone to do something, you persuade them gently to do it.

cobble cobbles

NOUN Cobbles or cobblestones are stones with a rounded surface that were used in the past for making roads.

cobra cobras

NOUN a type of large poisonous snake from Africa and Asia

cobweb cobwebs

NOUN the very thin net that a spider spins to catch insects

cock cocks

NOUN an adult male chicken, or any other male bird

cockerel cockerels

NOUN a young cock

cockle cockles

NOUN a type of small, edible shellfish

Cockney Cockneys

NOUN someone who was born in the East End of London

cockpit cockpits

NOUN 1 the area in a plane where the pilot sits in control

2 the driver’s compartment in a racing car

cockroach cockroaches

NOUN a large, dark-coloured insect often found in dirty rooms

[from Spanish cucaracha]

cocky cockier, cockiest

ADJECTIVE INFORMAL If you are cocky, you are sure of yourself and sometimes rather cheeky.

cocoa

NOUN 1 a brown powder made from the seeds of a tropical tree and used for making chocolate

2 a hot drink made from this powder
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