📖 C — The English dictionary · page 12

cartwheel — Everyday, meaning 1: A cartwheel is a gymnastics move where you put your hands on the ground one after the other and swing your legs over your head in a circle, sideways, landing on your feet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cartwheel is the wheel of a cart.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To cartwheel is to do cartwheels, or to roll over and over sideways.↗ Example: She did three cartwheels across the lawn.↗ · Can you do a cartwheel?↗ · Practise cartwheels on a soft mat.↗ · He cartwheeled across the gym.↗ · The old cart had a broken cartwheel.↗ · The car spun and cartwheeled off the road.↗

carve — Everyday, meaning 1: To carve is to cut wood, stone, ice or another hard material carefully to make a shape or pattern.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To carve meat is to cut cooked meat into slices.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To carve words or a picture into something is to cut them into its surface.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To carve out something (a place, a career) is to make it for yourself with effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Rivers and glaciers carve valleys by wearing away rock.↗ Example: We carved faces into pumpkins for Halloween.↗ · Grandpa carved a little bird from wood.↗ · Dad carved the turkey at Thanksgiving.↗ · Someone carved their name into the tree.↗ · The river carved a deep valley over millions of years.↗ · The statue was carved from marble.↗ · She carved out a place for herself in the team.↗ · Only adults should use sharp carving knives.↗ · She saw the new altar with the painted pictures and the carved angels.↗ · In these versions, God simply חָקַק chaqaq 'carved', with no object expressed overtly.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · He carved them, hewed them, exchanged them, and formed with them the stars in the World and days in the Year and gates in the Person.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · And Wind is the first of them.↗ [1:11] Three—He carved Water from Wind and with them He hewed tohu and bohu, [note 21: [Genesis 1:2]] mud and clay.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.↗ (Writings PSA.74.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.↗ (Prophets 1KI.6.35, JPS 1917)↗ · And the cedar on the house within was carved with knops and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen.↗ (Prophets 1KI.6.18, JPS 1917)↗

carven — Everyday, meaning 1: Carven means carved, cut into a shape out of wood or stone.↗ Example: The carven leg was made of oak.↗ · The old statue was carven from white stone.↗ · Her face looked as if it had been carven in wood.↗

carver — Everyday, meaning 1: A carver is a person who cuts wood or stone into shapes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A carver is also the person who cuts up the meat at a meal.↗ Example: The carver cut the goose into thin slices.↗ · The old carver made a wooden bird for the king.↗ · The head carver brought the pie to the table.↗

carving — Everyday, meaning 1: A carving is an object or pattern made by cutting wood, stone or another material.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Carving is the art or activity of cutting shapes into a material.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Carving means cutting cooked meat into slices.↗ Example: The museum has old stone carvings.↗ · We went pumpkin carving at Halloween.↗ · The totem pole has carvings of animals.↗ · Maori wood carvings tell stories of ancestors.↗ · Dad was carving the turkey.↗ · Carving takes patience and a sharp tool.↗ · Only a grown-up should use a carving knife.↗ · Just let me finish carving this cross.↗ · and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.↗ (Torah EXO.31.5, JPS 1917)↗ · and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.↗ (Torah EXO.35.33, JPS 1917)↗ · And as for the two doors of olive-wood, he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.↗ (Prophets 1KI.6.32, JPS 1917)↗

cascade — Everyday, meaning 1: A cascade is a small waterfall, or a series of small waterfalls going down rocks.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cascade is a large amount of something falling or hanging down, like a cascade of hair or flowers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A cascade is a chain of events where one thing causes the next, and the next.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To cascade means to pour or fall down quickly in large amounts.↗ Example: Water tumbled down the cascade into a pool.↗ · Her curly hair cascaded down her back.↗ · A cascade of balloons fell from the ceiling.↗ · One mistake set off a cascade of problems.↗ · Flowers cascaded over the garden wall.↗ · Rain cascaded off the roof.↗ · Waters roared beneath them, or fell in cascades from above.↗

case — Everyday, meaning 1: A case is a container or box for keeping or carrying things: a pencil case, a suitcase, a phone case.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A case is one example or situation of something: a case of chickenpox, in that case.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A case is a crime or problem that the police, a detective or a court looks into.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «In case» means as a plan for something that might happen: take a coat in case it rains.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In writing, upper case means capital letters and lower case means small letters.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: A case can also mean the condition or state someone is in, especially a bad one.↗ Example: I keep my pens in my pencil case.↗ · Take an umbrella in case it rains.↗ · In case of fire, leave by the nearest exit.↗ · The detective solved the case.↗ · There were three cases of flu in our class.↗ · Write your name in upper case letters.↗ · «It's raining.»↗ «In that case, let's play indoors.»↗ · Pack a plaster just in case.↗ · The poor king was in a terrible case.↗ · And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; (Torah DEU.19.4, JPS 1917)↗ · In this case the name is AL, El.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · In this case we have the simple form AL, EL.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Happy is the people that is in such a case.↗ (Writings PSA.144.15, JPS 1917)↗

casement — Everyday, meaning 1: A casement is a window that opens outwards on hinges, like a little door, as in old houses.↗ Example: She opened the casement to let in the breeze.↗ · The casements were barred at night.↗ · I opened the casement and looked out at the sea.↗

cash — Everyday, meaning 1: Cash is money in coins and notes, not on a card.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cash can mean money in general.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To cash a cheque is to change it into money.↗ Example: Can I pay in cash?↗ · Mum took some cash out of the cash machine.↗ · I have five pounds in cash.↗ · The shop only takes cash.↗ · She was short of cash this week.↗ · He cashed the cheque at the bank.↗ · Count the cash in the till.↗ · Keep your cash in a safe pocket.↗ · Take a good sum of money with you, too; for who knows but what he may want some cash now that he has turned a merchant!’↗

cashew — Everyday, meaning 1: A cashew is a curved, kidney-shaped nut that grows at the bottom of a fruit called the cashew apple on a tropical tree.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The cashew is also the tree that grows these nuts.↗ Example: Mum added cashews to the stir-fry.↗ · I like salted cashews.↗ · Our school is nut-free, so no cashews in lunchboxes.↗ · Cashews grow under a fruit called the cashew apple.↗ · He is allergic to cashews and carries an EpiPen.↗ · A handful of cashews is a healthy snack.↗

cashier — Everyday, meaning 1: A cashier is a person in a shop, bank or café who takes the money and gives back change.↗ Example: The cashier gave him 3 dollars change.↗ · A cashier serves 12 customers an hour.↗ · She paid the cashier 20 dollars for a 14-dollar toy.↗ · How much change should the cashier give?↗ · The cashier scanned our shopping.↗ · Say thank you to the cashier.↗ · Check your change before you leave the cashier.↗ · The cashier put the money in the till.↗

casino — Everyday, meaning 1: A building where people play games of chance, such as cards and roulette, for money.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A card game (also spelt cassino).↗ Example: The casino was full of flashing lights.↗ · Children are not allowed in a casino.↗ · People lose money at the casino more often than they win.↗ · In maths we learned why the casino has the advantage.↗ · Las Vegas is famous for its casinos.↗ · The film's robbers planned to rob a casino.↗

cask — Everyday, meaning 1: A large wooden barrel, made of strips of wood held by metal hoops, used for holding wine, beer, water or other liquids.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The amount a cask holds.↗ Example: The sailors rolled the casks onto the ship.↗ · A cask of fresh water was kept on deck.↗ · The cooper hammered the hoops round the cask.↗ · The cellar was full of old wine casks.↗ · Each cask holds 50 litres; how much do 4 casks hold?↗ · The pirate sat on a cask of rum.↗ · His luggage consisted of a great cask.↗

casket — Everyday, meaning 1: A casket is a small box, often fine and valuable, for holding jewels or other precious things.↗ Example: The queen kept her rings in a golden casket.↗ · The casket was locked with a silver key.↗ · The casket was splendid, but it was empty.↗

casque — Everyday, meaning 1: An old word for a helmet, especially a knight's or soldier's metal helmet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (animals) A hard bony or horny lump on the head or beak of some birds, such as the cassowary and the hornbill.↗ Example: The knight lowered his shining casque before the joust.↗ · The cassowary has a tall casque on top of its head.↗ · Hornbills have a big casque on their beaks.↗ · In the museum we saw a dented casque from a medieval battle.↗ · Scientists think the cassowary's casque may help it with heat and sound.↗ · The soldier's casque glinted in the sun.↗ · The poem described a hero with a plumed casque.↗

casquet — Everyday, meaning 1: (old) A casquet is an old spelling of «casket», a small box for jewels or treasure.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old) A casquet can also be a light helmet, like a «casque».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) The Casquets are dangerous rocks with a lighthouse in the English Channel near Alderney.↗ Example: The princess kept her rings in a silver casquet.↗ · The knight wore a light casquet on his head.↗ · Many ships were wrecked on the Casquets.↗ · The pirates opened the casquet and found gold.↗ · A casquet is an old word for a little jewel box.↗ · The lighthouse on the Casquets warns ships.↗

casserole — Everyday, meaning 1: A casserole is a dish of meat, vegetables or beans cooked slowly in the oven in liquid.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A casserole dish is the deep pot with a lid it is cooked in.↗ Example: Mum made a chicken casserole for tea.↗ · Put the casserole in the oven for two hours.↗ · The neighbours brought a casserole when Gran was ill.↗ · Carry the casserole dish with oven gloves.↗ · The bean casserole was warm and filling.↗ · We need a bigger casserole dish.↗

cassette — Everyday, meaning 1: A small plastic box with magnetic tape inside, used to record and play music or sound, popular from the 1970s to the 1990s.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A small sealed case that holds film, ink or other things for a machine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (bikes) The set of gear cogs on a bike's back wheel.↗ Example: Mum still has her old cassette tapes.↗ · You needed a pencil to rewind a tangled cassette.↗ · Grandad played a cassette in the car.↗ · We recorded our band on a cassette.↗ · Cassettes came before CDs and streaming.↗ · The mechanic changed the cassette on my bike.↗

cassia — Everyday, meaning 1: A spice made from the bark of a tree; it tastes and smells like cinnamon and is often sold as cinnamon.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tree or bush with yellow flowers in warm countries; some kinds are grown in gardens and parks.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Bible) A sweet-smelling spice mentioned in the Bible, used in holy oil and perfumes.↗ Example: Much of the cinnamon sold in supermarkets is actually cassia.↗ · Cassia bark is thicker and rougher than true cinnamon.↗ · Grandma's apple cake smelled of cassia and cloves.↗ · Bright yellow cassia trees lined the street in the summer.↗ · The Bible lists cassia among the spices for the holy oil.↗ · Cassia comes from the bark of a tree that grows in southern China.↗ · We crushed a stick of cassia in the science lesson to smell it.↗ · and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.↗ (Torah EXO.30.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.↗ (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.↗ (Writings PSA.45.9, JPS 1917)↗

cassock — Everyday, meaning 1: A cassock is a long robe worn by priests and church helpers.↗ Example: The priest wore a long black cassock.↗ · The altar boy's cassock was red.↗ · He kept a biscuit in the pocket of his cassock.↗

cassowary — Everyday, meaning 1: A cassowary is a very large flightless bird from the rainforests of north-eastern Australia and New Guinea, with black feathers, a bright blue neck, red wattles and a tall hard crest called a casque on its head.↗ Example: The cassowary lives in the rainforests of Queensland.↗ · A cassowary cannot fly, but it can run fast and jump.↗ · Never feed a cassowary; it can kick and hurt you.↗ · The cassowary's blue neck and red wattles are very bright.↗ · Cassowaries help the forest by spreading seeds.↗ · The father cassowary looks after the stripy chicks.↗ · A road sign warned drivers to watch for cassowaries.↗ · The cassowary has a bony helmet called a casque.↗