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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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coral corals

NOUN a hard substance that forms in the sea from the skeletons of tiny animals called corals

cord cords

NOUN 1 strong, thick string

2 electrical wire covered in rubber or plastic

corduroy

NOUN heavy, ribbed cloth made of cotton

core cores

NOUN the most central part of an object or place • an apple core • the earth’s core

cork corks

NOUN 1 a soft, light substance that forms the bark of a Mediterranean tree

2 a piece of cork pushed into the end of a bottle to close it

corkscrew corkscrews

NOUN a device for pulling corks out of bottles

corn

NOUN 1 crops such as wheat and barley

2 the seeds of these crops

corner corners, cornering, cornered

NOUN 1 the point where two sides or edges of something meet • The TV was in the corner of the room.

See vertex (#litres_trial_promo)

VERB 2 If someone corners a person or animal, they get them into a place they can’t escape from. • The police cornered the thief.

cornet cornets

NOUN a small, brass instrument used in brass and military bands

coronation coronations

NOUN the ceremony at which a king or queen is crowned

coroner coroners

NOUN an official who investigates the deaths of people who have died in a violent or unusual way

corporal corporals

NOUN an officer of low rank in the army or air force

corporal punishment

NOUN punishing of people by beating them

corps

Said “kor” NOUN part of an army with special duties • the Medical Corps

corpse corpses

NOUN a dead body

correct corrects, correcting, corrected

ADJECTIVE 1 If something is correct, there are no mistakes in it.

VERB 2 If you correct something that is wrong, you make it right. • She corrected my maths homework.

correction NOUN

correspond corresponds, corresponding, corresponded

VERB 1 If one thing corresponds with another, it is similar to it or it matches it in some way.

2 If numbers or amounts correspond, they are the same.

3 When people correspond, they write to each other.

correspondence

NOUN 1 letters or the writing of letters

2 If there is a correspondence between two things, there is a similarity between them.

correspondent correspondents

NOUN a newspaper, radio or television reporter

corridor corridors

NOUN a passage in a building or train
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