coconut coconuts
NOUN a very large nut with white flesh, milky juice, and a hard hairy shell
cocoon cocoons
NOUN a silky covering over the larvae of moths and some other insects
cod
NOUN a large, edible fish
The plural of cod is cod.
code codes
NOUN 1 a system of replacing the letters or words in a message with other letters or words, so that nobody can understand the message unless they know the system • They wrote messages in code.
2 a group of numbers and letters used to identify something • the telephone code for Falmouth
coeducation
NOUN Coeducation is a system where girls and boys are taught together at the same school.
coeducational ADJECTIVE
coffee
NOUN 1 a powder made by roasting and grinding the beans of the coffee plant
2 a hot drink made from coffee
coffin coffins
NOUN a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated
cog cogs
NOUN a wheel with teeth, which turns another wheel or part of a machine
coil coils, coiling, coiled
NOUN 1 a length of rope or wire wound into a series of loops
2 A single loop is also called a coil.
VERB 3 If something coils, or if you coil it, it winds into a series of loops. • The snake coiled around the branch.
coin coins, coining, coined
NOUN 1 a small metal disc used as money
VERB 2 If you coin a word or a phrase, you invent it.
coinage
NOUN the coins that are used in a particular country
coincide coincides, coinciding, coincided
VERB When two things coincide, they happen at the same time. • Auntie’s visit coincided with my birthday.
coincidence coincidences
NOUN what happens when two or more things occur at the same time by chance
coke
NOUN a grey fuel produced from coal
cola colas
NOUN a sweet, brown fizzy drink, like Coca-Cola
colander colanders
NOUN a bowl-shaped container with holes in it, used for washing or draining food
cold colder, coldest; colds
ADJECTIVE 1 If something is cold, it has a very low temperature.
2 If the weather is cold, the air temperature is very low.
NOUN 3 a minor illness that makes you sneeze and cough, and sometimes gives you a sore throat
cold-blooded
ADJECTIVE 1 A cold-blooded animal has a body temperature that changes according to the surrounding temperature.
2 Someone who is cold-blooded does not show any pity.
cold-bloodedly ADVERB
coleslaw
NOUN a salad of chopped cabbage and other vegetables in mayonnaise
collaborate collaborates, collaborating, collaborated