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      carrot carrots

      NOUN a long, thin, orange-coloured root vegetable

      carry carries, carrying, carried

      VERB 1 If you carry something, you hold it and take it somewhere.

      2 When a vehicle carries people, they travel in it.

      3 If people or animals carry a germ or a disease, they can pass it on to others.

      4 If a sound carries it can be heard a long way off. • Their voices carried across the valley.

      cart carts

      NOUN a vehicle with wheels, used for carrying things and usually pulled by horses or cattle

      carton cartons

      NOUN a cardboard or plastic container

      cartoon cartoons

      NOUN 1 a humorous drawing in a newspaper, comic or magazine

      2 a film in which all the characters and scenes are drawn

      cartridge cartridges

      NOUN 1 a tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance, used in guns

      2 a small plastic container filled with ink that you put in a pen or a printer

      cartwheel cartwheels

      NOUN an acrobatic movement in which you lift both arms in the air then throw yourself sideways on to one hand, swinging your body around in a circle with your legs straight until you land on your feet again

      carve carves, carving, carved

      VERB If you carve something, you shape it or slice it with a knife.

      cascade cascades, cascading, cascaded

      NOUN 1 a small waterfall or group of waterfalls flowing down a rocky hillside

      VERB 2 When water cascades, it flows very fast down a hillside or over rocks.

      case cases

      NOUN 1 a box for keeping or carrying things in

      2 a particular situation or event • a bad case of measles

      3 A crime that the police are investigating is called a case.

      cash

      NOUN money in notes and coins

      cashier cashiers

      NOUN the person who deals with money in a place such as a shop or a bank

      casserole casseroles

      NOUN 1 a stew made with meat, vegetables or fish that is baked in the oven

      2 a dish with a lid, which is used for cooking

      cast casts, casting, cast

      NOUN 1 all the people who act in a play or film

      2 an object made by pouring a liquid such as plaster into a container and leaving it to harden

      VERB 3 If an object casts a shadow on to a place, it makes a shadow fall there.

      castaway castaways

      NOUN someone who has been shipwrecked but manages to survive on a lonely shore or an island

      castle castles

      NOUN a large building with walls or ditches round it to protect it from attack

      [from Latin castellum meaning small fort]

      casual

      ADJECTIVE 1 happening by chance and without planning • I made a casual remark.

      2 Casual clothes are suitable for informal occasions.

      casualty casualties

      NOUN a person killed or injured in an accident or a war • There were many casualties after the motorway crash.

      cat cats

      NOUN a small, furry mammal with whiskers, a tail and sharp claws, often kept as a pet

      catalogue catalogues

      NOUN a list of things, such as the goods you can buy from a company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library • I ordered my trainers from a mail order catalogue.

      catastrophe catastrophes

      NOUN a terrible disaster

      catastrophic ADJECTIVE

catch catches, catching, caught

      VERB 1 If you catch an object that is moving through the air, you grasp it with your hands.

      2 If you catch a person or animal, you capture them. • The police caught the thief.

      3 If you catch a bus, train or plane, you get on it and travel somewhere.

      4 If you catch a cold or a disease, you become ill with it.

      NOUN 5 a hook that fastens or locks a door or window

      catching

      ADJECTIVE If a disease or illness is catching it spreads very quickly. • Measles is catching.

      catchy catchier, catchiest

      ADJECTIVE Something that is catchy, such as a tune, is pleasant and easy to remember.

      category categories

      NOUN a group of things that have something in common

      caterpillar caterpillars