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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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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
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