colourless
ADJECTIVE 1 without colour
2 dull and uninteresting
colt colts
NOUN a young male horse
column columns
NOUN 1 a tall, solid, upright cylinder, especially one supporting part of a building
2 In a newspaper or magazine, a column is a vertical section of writing.
3 a group of people or vehicles moving in a long line
coma comas
NOUN a state of deep unconsciousness
comb combs, combing, combed
NOUN 1 a flat object with long, thin, pointed parts, which you use for tidying your hair
VERB 2 When you comb your hair, you tidy it with a comb.
combat combats, combating, combated
NOUN 1 fighting • In the Falklands War many soldiers had to take part in armed combat.
VERB 2 If someone combats something, they try to stop it happening. • We need new ways to combat crime.
combination combinations
NOUN 1 a mixture of things • Fatima won the competition through a combination of skill and determination.
2 a series of numbers or letters used to open a special lock
combine combines, combining, combined
VERB If you combine things, you mix them together. • Combine the butter and sugar, then add the eggs. • The book combines adventure and mystery.
combine harvester combine harvesters
NOUN a large machine used on farms to cut, sort and clean grain
combustion
NOUN the process of burning
come comes, coming, came
VERB 1 If you come to a place, you move or arrive there.
2 If something comes to a particular point, it reaches that point. • The water came up to her waist.
3 When a particular time comes, it happens. • Spring came early this year.
comedian comedians
NOUN an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh
comedy comedies
NOUN a play, film, or television programme that is intended to make people laugh
comet comets
NOUN an object that travels around the sun leaving a bright trail behind it
[from Greek kometes meaning long-haired]
comfort comforts, comforting, comforted
NOUN 1 the state of being pleasantly relaxed
2 a feeling of relief from worry or unhappiness • It’s a comfort to me to know that they are safe.
VERB 3 If you comfort someone, you make them less worried or unhappy.
comfortable
ADJECTIVE 1 If you are comfortable, you are at ease and relaxed.
2 Something that is comfortable makes you feel relaxed. • a comfortable chair
comfortably ADVERB
comic comics
NOUN 1 a magazine that contains stories told in pictures
ADJECTIVE 2 funny • a comic song
comma commas
NOUN the punctuation mark (,). It can show a short pause, or it can separate items in a list or words in speech marks from the rest of the sentence.