📖 C — The English dictionary · page 30

chopper — Everyday, meaning 1: A chopper is a tool with a heavy blade for chopping wood or meat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A chopper is a helicopter.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, child's word) A chopper is a bike with high handlebars and a long seat.↗ Example: The woodcutter swung his chopper.↗ · Mum used a chopper to cut the meat.↗ · We rode our choppers down the lane.↗

choppy — Everyday, meaning 1: (of the sea or a lake) Full of small, rough waves, because of wind: «choppy water».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of writing, speech or music) Broken into short, jerky parts that do not flow well.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (of hair) Cut in uneven layers on purpose.↗ Example: The sea was too choppy for the ferry to sail.↗ · We felt seasick on the choppy water.↗ · The lake got choppy when the wind picked up.↗ · Your paragraph is a bit choppy; join some sentences together.↗ · The video was choppy because the internet was slow.↗ · She has a short, choppy haircut.↗

chopstick — Everyday, meaning 1: A chopstick is one of a pair of thin sticks used to pick up and eat food, mainly in East Asian countries like China, Japan and Korea.↗ Example: I can pick up noodles with chopsticks.↗ · Could I have a pair of chopsticks, please?↗ · Hold one chopstick still and move the other.↗ · Don't stick your chopsticks upright in your rice.↗ · We ate sushi with chopsticks.↗ · Chopsticks can be made of wood, bamboo, metal or plastic.↗ · My little brother uses training chopsticks.↗ · I dropped a chopstick on the floor.↗ · The dishes were crystallized lotus leaves and flowers, and the chopsticks were of the rarest ebony.↗

choral — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with a choir or sung by a choir.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (school) Said or spoken by a group together, like choral reading or a choral speaking of a poem.↗ Example: The church holds a choral concert every Christmas.↗ · Our class did a choral reading of the poem.↗ · Grandma sings in a choral society.↗ · Choral music filled the cathedral.↗ · The choral group practised every Tuesday.↗ · We won the choral speaking prize at the festival.↗ · Evensong is a choral service.↗

chord — Everyday, meaning 1: (music) A chord is a group of notes played at the same time, such as C, E and G on a piano.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths) A chord is a straight line joining two points on a circle or curve.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To strike a chord means to remind someone of something or make them feel sympathy.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A chord can also mean one of the strings of a harp, lyre or guitar.↗ Example: She played three chords on the guitar.↗ · C major is an easy chord on the piano.↗ · Minor chords often sound sad.↗ · A chord joins two points on a circle.↗ · The diameter is the longest chord of a circle.↗ · His speech struck a chord with the audience.↗ · She could sweep the sounding chords of the guitar, and sing to the music, not always Danish melodies, but the songs of a strange land.↗

chore — Everyday, meaning 1: A chore is a small job you do regularly at home, like washing up, making your bed or feeding the pet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A chore is any boring or unpleasant task.↗ Example: My chores are feeding the cat and making my bed.↗ · We do our chores before we watch TV.↗ · Washing up is my least favourite chore.↗ · I get two pounds a week for doing chores.↗ · Our chore chart is on the fridge.↗ · Tidying up after the party was a real chore.↗ · Everyone in the family shares the chores.↗ · If each chore takes 10 minutes, four chores take 40 minutes.↗

chorister — Everyday, meaning 1: A chorister is a singer in a church choir, often a boy.↗ Example: The chorister sang loudly in church.↗ · He was chosen to be a chorister.↗ · Every chorister wore a white robe.↗

chorus — Everyday, meaning 1: The chorus of a song is the part that is repeated after each verse.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A chorus is a large group of singers, a choir, or a group who sing and dance together in a show.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A chorus of voices or sounds is many of them at once, as in a chorus of birds.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To chorus means to say something all together.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (drama) In ancient Greek plays, the chorus was a group who commented on the story.↗ Example: Everyone sang along with the chorus.↗ · The song has three verses and a chorus.↗ · She sings in the school chorus.↗ · We woke to the dawn chorus of birds.↗ · Good morning, Mr Smith! the children chorused.↗ · A chorus of complaints followed the news.↗ · In Greek plays the chorus speaks together.↗ · “We will!” cried all the mice, in a shrill chorus.↗

chosen — Everyday, meaning 1: Chosen means picked from a group as the one you want.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, chosen describes someone or something that has been selected, like the chosen team.↗ Example: She was chosen to read the poem in assembly.↗ · I have chosen the blue one.↗ · He was chosen as team captain.↗ · Our class was chosen to plant the new tree.↗ · The chosen book was about dragons.↗ · In the story, the boy was the chosen one.↗ · How many ways can two fruits be chosen from three?↗ · Her words were carefully chosen.↗ · Heracles, with a few chosen comrades, alone remained on board.↗ · And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.↗ (Torah EXO.14.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.↗ (Torah EXO.15.4, JPS 1917)↗ · For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.↗ (Torah DEU.18.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And he said: 'Neither hath the LORD chosen this.'↗ (Prophets 1SA.16.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And Samuel said unto Jesse: 'The LORD hath not chosen these.'↗ (Prophets 1SA.16.10, JPS 1917)↗ · He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen.↗ (Writings PSA.105.26, JPS 1917)↗

christ — Everyday, meaning 1: Christ is a title given to Jesus by Christians; it means «the chosen one».↗ Christians believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Christ!» is also used by some people as a swear word when they are surprised or angry, which many people find rude.↗ Example: Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.↗ · The word «Christmas» comes from «Christ».↗ · The church had a painting of Christ.↗ · Historians often count years before and after the birth of Christ.↗ · Christianity is the religion that follows Christ.↗ · In the film, the man shouted «Christ!» and his mum told him off.↗ · "Take this, in Christ's name, poor fellow!"↗ · ShMSh is the Sun, and Light, and a type of Christ, the Sun of Righteousness.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

christen — Everyday, meaning 1: To christen a baby is to give it its name in a church ceremony, with water poured on its head.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To christen something is to use or name it for the first time: christen the new boat.↗ Example: The baby was christened in the old stone church.↗ · The boy was christened John.↗ · They christened each other and then went on.↗ · We christened our new boat Sunshine.↗ · At the christening, everyone wore their best clothes.↗

christendom — Everyday, meaning 1: (history, church) All the Christian people and Christian countries of the world, thought of together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old) The parts of the world where Christianity was the main religion, especially Europe in the Middle Ages.↗ Example: In the Middle Ages, most of Europe was called Christendom.↗ · The king wanted to be the richest ruler in Christendom.↗ · Pilgrims came from all over Christendom.↗ · It was the finest castle in all Christendom.↗ · Christians believe they are one family across Christendom.↗ · The crusades were wars between Christendom and Muslim lands.↗ · You cannot be pope; there is only one pope in Christendom, and he cannot make you that.’↗

christening — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) A christening is a church ceremony in which a baby is baptised, given its Christian name and welcomed into the Church.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The first use of a new thing, such as a ship's launch or new shoes (joking).↗ Example: We went to my baby cousin's christening on Sunday.↗ · The baby wore a long white christening gown.↗ · At the christening the vicar poured water on her head.↗ · My aunt and uncle are my godparents from my christening.↗ · In Sleeping Beauty, the bad fairy came to the christening.↗ · We had cake and sandwiches after the christening.↗ · The new ship's christening was done by breaking a bottle on it.↗ · A few weeks later the minister was asked to attend a christening in the neighbouring town.↗

christian — Everyday, meaning 1: A Christian is a person who believes in Jesus Christ and follows the religion of Christianity.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Christian describes things to do with this religion.↗ e.g. Christian churches, Christian festivals such as Christmas and Easter.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Christian is also a boy's first name.↗ Example: Many Christians go to church on Sundays.↗ · Christmas and Easter are Christian festivals.↗ · We learned about Christian, Jewish and Muslim celebrations.↗ · Christian sits next to me in class.↗ · A church is a Christian place of worship.↗ · What is your Christian name?↗ (old-fashioned)↗ · A Christian theologian, Johann Friedrich von Meyer D. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Hence this book was known already in the second or at the beginning of the third century of the Christian Era.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Elohim Chiim, then, apart from Jewish or Christian preconception, is " the living Gods," or '-'- the Gods of the lives, i.e., living ones."↗ Rittangelius gives Dii viventes, " The living Gods," both words in the plural.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

christianity — Everyday, meaning 1: (religion) Christianity is the religion based on the life and teaching of Jesus Christ; Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God, who died and rose again, and they follow the Bible.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Christianity can also mean Christian people and churches as a whole.↗ Example: Christianity began with Jesus and his disciples.↗ · The cross is the main symbol of Christianity.↗ · Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland.↗ · In Christianity, Easter is the most important festival.↗ · We visited a church to learn more about Christianity.↗ · Christianity teaches love of God and neighbour.↗ · Ere long came another summons to a struggle with the foes of Christianity.↗

christmas — Everyday, meaning 1: Christmas is the Christian festival in December that celebrates the birth of Jesus.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Christmas is also the holiday season around it, with presents, decorations and family meals.↗ Example: We put up the Christmas tree.↗ · Merry Christmas, everyone!↗ · In Australia, Christmas is in summer.↗ · I hung my stocking on Christmas Eve.↗ · We pulled Christmas crackers at dinner.↗ · Santa brings presents at Christmas.↗ · Not everyone celebrates Christmas.↗ · Our school had a Christmas concert.↗ · Oh! when will Christmas be here?↗

christmastide — Everyday, meaning 1: The time of the Christmas season, the days around Christmas Day when families meet and feast together.↗ Example: At Christmastide the whole village gathered for a feast.↗ · Christmastide was a time of song and good food.↗ · The brothers came home for Christmastide.↗

chromatography — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) A way of separating a mixture into the different substances in it, by letting a liquid or gas carry them along paper or another material at different speeds.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Paper chromatography is a simple school experiment that shows the different colours hidden in an ink.↗ Example: In chromatography, we saw black ink split into blue and orange.↗ · The water climbed up the paper and carried the colours with it.↗ · Police labs use chromatography to test evidence.↗ · Chromatography shows that one ink can contain many colours.↗ · Our chromatography experiment used coffee filter paper.↗ · Draw the line in pencil, because pencil does not run in chromatography.↗

chromium — Everyday, meaning 1: Chromium is a hard, shiny, silvery-grey metal; it is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Chrome is a shiny coating of chromium put on other metals.↗ Example: The bike's handlebars are coated with chromium.↗ · Stainless steel contains chromium so it does not rust.↗ · The chemical symbol for chromium is Cr.↗ · A little chromium makes rubies red.↗ · The old car had shiny chromium bumpers.↗ · Chromium is a hard, silvery metal.↗ · The taps in the bathroom are chromium-plated.↗

chromosome — Everyday, meaning 1: A chromosome is a tiny thread-like structure inside the centre (nucleus) of a living cell, made of DNA, which carries the instructions (genes) for how a living thing grows and works.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Humans usually have 46 chromosomes in each cell, in 23 pairs: one of each pair comes from the mother and one from the father.↗ Example: Chromosomes are inside the nucleus of a cell.↗ · People usually have 23 pairs of chromosomes.↗ · Each chromosome carries many genes.↗ · You get half your chromosomes from each parent.↗ · People with Down syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21.↗ · We looked at a picture of chromosomes under a microscope.↗

chronic — Everyday, meaning 1: A chronic illness or problem lasts a long time or keeps coming back.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A chronic habit is one a person has had for a long time and cannot stop: «a chronic liar».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK, informal) Very bad: «The film was chronic».↗ Example: Grandad has chronic back pain.↗ · Asthma is a chronic illness, but medicine helps.↗ · The town has a chronic shortage of doctors.↗ · He is a chronic worrier and frets about everything.↗ · My little sister is a chronic nail-biter.↗ · That match was chronic; we lost ten nil!↗ (UK, informal)↗ · Chronic tiredness can be a sign that you need to see a doctor.↗