📖 C — The English dictionary · page 20

chamberlain — Everyday, meaning 1: A chamberlain was an officer in charge of the rooms and household business of a king, queen or lord in old times.↗ Example: "I know who he says he is," said the Chamberlain.↗ · The chamberlains walked along proudly.↗ · The Chamberlain pushed into the room.↗ · While they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hastened to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.↗ (Writings EST.6.14, JPS 1917)↗ · But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains; therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.↗ (Writings EST.1.12, JPS 1917)↗ · 'What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, forasmuch as she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?'↗ (Writings EST.1.15, JPS 1917)↗

chambermaid — Everyday, meaning 1: A chambermaid is a female servant who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a large house or hotel.↗ Example: The chambermaids were pleased with the news.↗ · One chambermaid served Fortune's attendant.↗ · The chambermaid tidied the room.↗

chameleon — Everyday, meaning 1: A chameleon is a kind of lizard that can change the colour of its skin, has eyes that move separately, and catches insects with a very long, sticky tongue.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (figurative) A person who changes their opinions or behaviour to fit in with whoever they are with is called a chameleon.↗ Example: The chameleon's tongue shot out and caught a cricket.↗ · A chameleon can look forward and backward at the same time.↗ · The chameleon turned bright when it was angry.↗ · Chameleons grip branches with their feet and curly tail.↗ · Many chameleons live in Madagascar.↗ · He's a real chameleon — he agrees with whoever he's talking to.↗ · The chameleon moved slowly along the branch.↗ · and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.↗ (Torah LEV.11.30, JPS 1917)↗

chamois — Everyday, meaning 1: A chamois is a small wild animal like a goat, with short horns, that lives high in mountains.↗ Example: "Many a chamois have I crushed."↗ · He saw two chamois high up the mountain.↗ · His uncle was a chamois hunter.↗

champ — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Short for champion, a winner.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A friendly word for someone who did well ("Good job, champ!").↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To bite or chew noisily, as horses do.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Champing (or chomping) at the bit: very impatient and eager to start.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Champ de Mars is a large open park in Paris, France, where the Eiffel Tower stands.↗ Example: She's the new spelling champ!↗ · Well done, champ, you scored a goal!↗ · Dad called me a champ for helping.↗ · The horse champed at its hay.↗ · We were champing at the bit to go outside.↗ · The boxing champ held up his belt.↗ · You're a real champ for carrying all the bags.↗ · In the Champ de Mars, however, these were to be seen more splendid, more wonderful than in the East, for human art had converted the airy deceptive scenes into reality.↗

champagne — Everyday, meaning 1: A sparkling (fizzy) white or pink wine made in the Champagne area of France, drunk at celebrations.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Loosely, any fizzy wine (though strictly only wine from Champagne may be called champagne).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A pale golden-cream colour.↗ Example: The grown-ups drank champagne at midnight on New Year's Eve.↗ · The winner sprayed champagne over the crowd.↗ · At the wedding, everyone raised a glass of champagne for a toast.↗ · Champagne comes from a region of France with the same name.↗ · We children had fizzy apple juice instead of champagne.↗ · The bride's dress was a soft champagne colour.↗ · ‘Well,’ said the King, ‘since you are so kind as to ask me, I prefer champagne to anything else.’↗

champion — Everyday, meaning 1: A champion is a person or team that has won a competition, especially the most important one: «the world champion».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A champion of something is a person who fights for it or speaks up for it: «a champion of children's rights».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To champion something means to support it and argue for it strongly.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (UK, informal, old-fashioned) «Champion!» means excellent, great.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In old tales, a champion is a brave fighter chosen to fight for a king or another person.↗ Example: Our class were the sports day champions!↗ · She is the world champion at chess.↗ · The defending champions lost in the first round.↗ · Martin Luther King was a champion of equal rights.↗ · Our head teacher champions reading for pleasure.↗ · The knight fought as the queen's champion.↗ · «How was the match?»↗ «Champion!»↗ (UK, informal, Northern)↗ · Liverpool became champions of the league.↗ · And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.↗ (Prophets 1SA.17.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words; and David heard them.↗ (Prophets 1SA.17.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And there was again war at Gath, where was a champion, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.↗ (Prophets 2SA.21.20, JPS 1917)↗

championship — Everyday, meaning 1: A competition to find the best player or team in a sport or game: «the world championship».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The title or position of being the champion: «She won the championship.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Strong support for a cause: «his championship of animal rights».↗ Example: Our team won the county championship.↗ · The swimming championship lasts three days.↗ · She is training for the world championship.↗ · The school chess championship is on Friday.↗ · They lost in the final of the championship.↗ · Leeds played in the Championship last season.↗

chance — Everyday, meaning 1: A chance is a time when you can do something; an opportunity.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Chance is how likely something is to happen; the possibility.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Chance is luck: things happening without anyone planning them.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To chance it (informal) is to try something risky and hope it works.↗ Example: I didn't get a chance to say goodbye.↗ · There's a good chance of rain tomorrow.↗ · We met by chance at the shops.↗ · What's the chance of rolling a six?↗ It's 1 in 6.↗ · Tossing a coin gives an even chance of heads or tails.↗ · Give him a second chance; he said sorry.↗ · Don't take chances when crossing the road.↗ · No chance!↗ I'm not jumping in that cold lake.↗ · And at length chance helped him.↗ · And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David.↗ (Prophets 2SA.18.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And the young man that told him said: 'As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen pressed hard upon him.↗ (Prophets 2SA.1.6, JPS 1917)↗

chancellor — Everyday, meaning 1: A chancellor is the chief adviser or minister of a king, queen or government.↗ Example: The Chancellor answered: "The Manticora, of course."↗ · "They are yours, Your Majesty," answered the Chancellor.↗ · The Chancellor said, "Don't be a silly little King."↗

chandelier — Everyday, meaning 1: A chandelier is a large light fitting that hangs from a ceiling, with many candles or bulbs and often glass drops that sparkle.↗ Example: The chandelier gave little leaps.↗ · There was a chandelier in the great hall.↗ · The cut-glass chandelier sparkled over the dancers.↗

change — Everyday, meaning 1: To change is to make something different, or to become different.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A change is a time when something becomes different.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Change is the money you get back when you pay more than the price.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Change is also coins, like loose change in your pocket.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To change clothes is to take some off and put others on.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To change trains or buses is to get off one and onto another.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (casual) «Keep the change», «got any change?», «spare change?» are about money; «that makes a change» (often sarcastic) means that is unusual.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (casual, rude) «Change the record» (UK) means stop saying the same thing; «you'll never change» can be a complaint.↗ Everyday, meaning 9: (euphemism) «The change» (old) means the time when a woman stops having periods; «a change of role» or «restructuring» may mean losing a job.↗ Everyday, meaning 10: (formal) Exams say «alter», «modify», «vary», «transform», «the variation», «the net change», «the increment», «the decrement» and «the balance tendered».↗ Example: She paid 10 dollars for a 7-dollar book.↗ What is her change?↗ · The temperature changed by 5 degrees.↗ · He has 2 dollars in change.↗ · Leaves change colour in the fall.↗ · Please change into your PE clothes.↗ · We changed buses at the station.↗ · Ice changes into water when it melts.↗ · She changed her mind and picked the blue one.↗ · Let's eat outside for a change.↗ · Here's a tenner, keep the change.↗ · You're on time, that makes a change!↗ · A purchaser tenders 10 dollars for an article priced at 7 dollars.↗ Compute the change due.↗ · Really I've no change just now."↗ · And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.↗ (Torah GEN.41.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.↗ (Torah GEN.31.7, JPS 1917)↗ · and Nebo, and Baal-meon — their names being changed — and Sibmah; and gave their names unto the cities which they builded.↗ (Torah NUM.32.38, JPS 1917)↗ · How is the most fine gold changed!↗ (Writings LAM.4.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Do I change, O house of Jacob?↗ (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917)↗ · How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself to change thy way?↗ (Prophets JER.2.36, JPS 1917)↗

changeable — Everyday, meaning 1: Likely to change often, not staying the same, like changeable weather.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Able to be changed.↗ Example: The weather is changeable, so take a raincoat.↗ · April weather in Ireland is very changeable.↗ · His mood was changeable, happy one minute and cross the next.↗ · The phone has a changeable cover.↗ · Weather forecasts say "changeable" when sun and showers mix.↗

changeful — Everyday, meaning 1: Changeful means often changing, not staying the same for long.↗ Example: Morpheus is a changeful god who can take any shape he likes.↗ · The sea was changeful, calm one moment and stormy the next.↗ · Ahti is changeful and touchy, so be careful with him.↗

changer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person or thing that changes something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A machine that changes things, like a coin changer that gives you smaller coins.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Game changer: something that changes a situation in a big way.↗ Example: The new playground slide was a game changer for our break times.↗ · Put a note in the coin changer to get coins.↗ · Jesus drove the money changers out of the temple.↗ · The internet was a real game changer.↗ · My bike's gear changer is broken.↗ · A good teacher can be a life changer.↗ · The baby changer is in the toilets.↗ · My son is a money-changer, and if you will follow me he will weigh them for you himself.↗

channel — Everyday, meaning 1: A channel is a TV or radio station, or a stream of online videos: a cartoon channel, a YouTube channel.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A channel is a narrow stretch of sea between two pieces of land: the English Channel.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A channel is a long narrow passage that water flows along, like a ditch or a deep part of a river where ships can sail.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A channel is a way of communicating or sending information: «through official channels».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To channel something (water, energy, money) is to direct it to one place or purpose.↗ Example: What channel is the cartoon on?↗ · Please don't change the channel.↗ · The English Channel lies between England and France.↗ · Water flowed along the channel in the field.↗ · The ships sailed through the deep channel.↗ · She channels her energy into football.↗ · Ask a parent before you subscribe to a channel.↗ · We swam the channel between two islands.↗ · The Empire of Blefuscu is an island parted from Lilliput only by a channel eight hundred yards wide.↗ · He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.↗ (Writings JOB.28.10, JPS 1917)↗ · My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow, (Writings JOB.6.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder; (Writings JOB.38.25, JPS 1917)↗

chant — Everyday, meaning 1: Words or a phrase repeated over and over in a rhythm, often by a crowd.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) A simple tune used to sing prayers or psalms, like plainchant or Gregorian chant.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To say or sing words again and again in a rhythm.↗ Example: The fans chanted the team's name.↗ · We chant our times tables every morning.↗ · The monks sang a slow chant in the chapel.↗ · "We want more!" chanted the crowd.↗ · The playground chant goes "one, two, buckle my shoe".↗ · The protesters chanted for change.↗ · Gregorian chant is very old church music.↗ · The incense rises in clouds, and the monks chant the funeral hymn.↗