📖 C — The English dictionary · page 76

cordially — Everyday, meaning 1: In a warm, friendly way, showing that you are pleased to see someone.↗ Example: The host cordially welcomed the tired travellers.↗ · She was cordially greeted by her godmother.↗ · He cordially agreed to join the plan.↗

cordless — Everyday, meaning 1: A cordless device works without being plugged into the wall by a wire, usually because it has a battery.↗ Example: Grandma still has a cordless phone in the hall.↗ · Dad used a cordless drill to put up the shelf.↗ · The cordless vacuum needs charging every night.↗ · A cordless kettle lifts off its base so you can pour easily.↗ · Cordless headphones use Bluetooth instead of a wire.↗ · We took the cordless speaker into the garden.↗

cordoba — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Córdoba is a historic city in southern Spain, famous for its great mosque-cathedral (the Mezquita).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Córdoba is also a big city in Argentina.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (money) The córdoba is the money of Nicaragua.↗ Example: Córdoba is a city in the south of Spain.↗ · The great mosque of Córdoba later became a cathedral.↗ · Córdoba in Argentina has a famous old university.↗ · The price was 50 córdobas in the market in Nicaragua.↗ · About a thousand years ago Córdoba had huge libraries.↗ · We visited Córdoba and Seville on our holiday.↗

core — Everyday, meaning 1: The core is the hard middle part of an apple or pear, with the seeds.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The core of the Earth is its very hot centre.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The core of something is its most important or central part: the core of the problem.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To core means to take out the core: core the apples.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Core muscles are the muscles around your tummy and back that keep you steady.↗ Example: Throw your apple core in the compost bin.↗ · The Earth's inner core is made of iron and nickel.↗ · Maths, English and science are core subjects.↗ · Mum cored the apples before baking them.↗ · Planks help make your core muscles strong.↗ · Honesty is at the core of friendship.↗ · He was a fan of the team to the core.↗ · “But the core I will not eat!” cried Pinocchio in an angry tone.↗

corgi — Everyday, meaning 1: A corgi is a small dog with short legs, a long body, pointed ears and a fox-like face, first bred in Wales to herd cattle.↗ Example: Our neighbour has a fluffy corgi.↗ · The corgi ran on its short little legs.↗ · The Queen loved her corgis.↗ · Corgis were bred to herd cattle in Wales.↗ · A corgi barked at the postman.↗ · My corgi is called Biscuit.↗

coriander — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A plant whose small round seeds and leaves are used to flavor food.↗ Example: Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.↗ (Torah NUM.11.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.↗ (Torah EXO.16.31, JPS 1917)↗

corinthian — Everyday, meaning 1: Of or from Corinth, an old city in Greece.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Corinthian column is a tall pillar with a top carved with leaves and curls, one of three old Greek styles.↗ Example: The temple had tall Corinthian columns.↗ · The Corinthian style has carved leaves on top.↗ · Greek builders used three styles: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.↗

cork — Everyday, meaning 1: A light, soft, springy material made from the thick bark of the cork oak tree.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cork is a stopper made of this material (or plastic) that closes a bottle.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a verb, to close a bottle with a cork.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Cork is also a city and county in the south of Ireland.↗ Example: The cork floated on top of the water.↗ · Pin your drawing on the cork board.↗ · He pulled the cork out of the bottle with a pop.↗ · Cork comes from the bark of the cork oak tree.↗ · We tested which materials float: cork, wood and a stone.↗ · Cork is light and squashy.↗ · Robert Hooke saw tiny cells in a slice of cork.↗ · My cousin lives in Cork, in Ireland.↗ · Then they corked it down tightly, and carefully wrapped it up.↗

corkscrew — Everyday, meaning 1: A corkscrew is a tool with a spiral metal point for pulling corks out of bottles.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A corkscrew is anything twisted into a spiral shape.↗ Example: Dad opened the bottle with a corkscrew.↗ · The pirate's sword was called Johnny Corkscrew.↗ · The road wound up the hill in a corkscrew.↗

cormorant — Everyday, meaning 1: A large dark sea bird with a long neck and hooked beak that dives underwater to catch fish.↗ Example: A cormorant dived and came up with a fish.↗ · The cormorants stood on the rocks drying their wings.↗ · Cormorants can swim fast underwater.↗ · We saw a cormorant at the harbour.↗ · Cormorants have hooked beaks.↗ · Fishermen in China once used cormorants to catch fish.↗ · and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant; (Torah DEU.14.17, JPS 1917)↗ · and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl; (Torah LEV.11.17, JPS 1917)↗

corn — Everyday, meaning 1: In the USA, Canada and Australia, corn is a tall plant with yellow seeds on a cob, also called maize or sweetcorn.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In the UK and Ireland, corn can mean any grain crop such as wheat, barley or oats.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A corn is a small hard painful patch of skin on the foot.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: The seeds of grain plants, used as food for people and animals.↗ Example: We ate corn on the cob with butter at the barbecue.↗ · The farmer grows corn and beans.↗ · Popcorn is made from a special kind of corn.↗ · In the story, the children hid in the tall corn.↗ · Corn grows in rows in big fields.↗ · Cornflakes are made from corn.↗ · Her new shoes gave her a corn on her toe.↗ · "Who sowed this sort of corn?"↗ · And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.↗ (Torah GEN.42.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.↗ (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.↗ (Torah DEU.25.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids.↗ (Prophets ZEC.9.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, have lent them money and corn.↗ (Writings NEH.5.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase.↗ (Writings PSA.4.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.↗ (Torah GEN.42.3, JPS 1917) · "Who sowed this sort of corn?"↗ (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.↗ (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917)

cornbread — Everyday, meaning 1: A sweet or savoury bread made from cornmeal (ground maize), often baked in a pan or skillet; it is a traditional food of the southern United States.↗ Example: We had chilli with a big square of cornbread.↗ · Grandma in Texas bakes cornbread in a black iron skillet.↗ · Cornbread is made from yellow cornmeal.↗ · Native Americans cooked bread from maize long before cornbread recipes were written down.↗ · The cornbread was a bit crumbly but delicious with butter.↗ · At Thanksgiving, my aunt makes cornbread stuffing.↗

cornea — Everyday, meaning 1: The clear, curved, dome-shaped layer at the front of the eye that covers the iris and pupil and helps focus light.↗ Example: Light passes through the cornea before it reaches the lens.↗ · We labelled the cornea on our diagram of the eye.↗ · Wear goggles to protect your cornea in the lab.↗ · The doctor said I had a tiny scratch on my cornea.↗ · The cornea has no blood vessels, so it is clear.↗ · A cornea transplant can help some people see again.↗

corner — Everyday, meaning 1: A corner is the point where two sides or edges meet.↗ A square has 4 corners.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A corner is the place where two streets meet.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A corner of a room is where two walls meet.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To corner someone is to trap them so they cannot get away.↗ Example: A square has 4 corners.↗ · How many corners does a cube have?↗ · She put a flower in each corner of the garden.↗ · The shop is on the corner of the street.↗ · A triangle has 3 corners.↗ · The book is in the corner of the room.↗ · The cat cornered the mouse.↗ · He took a corner kick.↗ · The shrivelled frog still sat in the corner alone.↗ · Thus he did to both of them in the two corners.↗ (Torah EXO.36.29, JPS 1917)↗ · And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part; (Torah EXO.36.28, JPS 1917)↗ · And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.↗ (Torah EXO.26.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, (Writings JOB.38.6, JPS 1917)↗ · The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone.↗ (Writings PSA.118.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house; (Writings PRO.7.8, JPS 1917)↗

cornet — Everyday, meaning 1: A cornet is a brass musical instrument like a small trumpet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) A cornet is a junior officer in an old cavalry troop who carried the flag.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old use) A cornet is a tall paper cone, or a cap or headdress worn long ago.↗ Example: The boy played a tune on his cornet.↗ · The cornet of the old army carried the flag.↗ · The cornet was a tall cone of paper full of sweets.↗

cornfield — Everyday, meaning 1: A cornfield is a field where corn (grain such as wheat or maize) grows.↗ Example: The farmer walked through the cornfield at dawn.↗ · The rain soaked the dry cornfield.↗ · The fox ran across the cornfield and hid.↗ · May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains; may his fruit rustle like Lebanon; and may they blossom out of the city like grass of the earth.↗ (Writings PSA.72.16, JPS 1917)↗

cornflour — Everyday, meaning 1: Cornflour is a fine white powder made from maize (corn), used in cooking to make sauces, soups and gravy thicker.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In the US, «corn flour» can also mean flour ground from whole corn, which is different.↗ Example: Mix the cornflour with cold water before adding it to the gravy.↗ · Cornflour makes the sauce thick and shiny.↗ · We made slime with cornflour and water.↗ · The oobleck went hard when I punched it.↗ · US recipes call cornflour «cornstarch».↗ · Cornflour is gluten-free.↗ · Dust the table with cornflour so the icing does not stick.↗

cornice — Everyday, meaning 1: A cornice is a decorated strip of wood, plaster or stone that runs along the top of a wall, just under the ceiling or roof.↗ Example: The painter climbed the ladder to paint the cornice.↗ · Gold leaves were carved along the cornice of the palace.↗ · The room had a white cornice under a bright ceiling.↗

cornish — Everyday, meaning 1: From or to do with Cornwall, a county in the far south-west of England.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The old Celtic language of Cornwall, which is being learned again.↗ Example: We ate Cornish pasties on the beach.↗ · Cornish tin mines are now museums.↗ · A few people speak Cornish today.↗ · The Cornish coast has beautiful cliffs.↗ · In Cornwall, you put jam first on a cream tea.↗ · «Kernow» is the Cornish name for Cornwall.↗ · “Here's the right valiant Cornish man, Who slew the giant Cormoran.”↗

cornucopia — Everyday, meaning 1: A cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with fruit, grain and flowers, a picture of plenty.↗ Example: The picture showed a cornucopia spilling apples and wheat.↗ · The goddess held a cornucopia full of fruit.↗ · The table was like a cornucopia of good things.↗

corny — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Old-fashioned, silly or used too many times to be funny or moving, but often in a sweet way: «a corny joke».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Too sentimental, sweet or soppy: «a corny love song».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (rare) Of or full of corn.↗ Example: Dad's jokes are so corny that we all groan.↗ · The cracker joke was corny, but we laughed anyway.↗ · The ending of the film was a bit corny.↗ · That corny love song makes my sister cry.↗ · I know it sounds corny, but you're my best friend.↗ · Why did the scarecrow win a prize?↗ He was outstanding in his field. — That's so corny!↗

corona — Everyday, meaning 1: The hot outer layer of gas around the Sun, seen as a glowing ring during a total solar eclipse.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Short for coronavirus, especially COVID-19.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A ring of light around something.↗ Example: During the eclipse we saw the Sun's corona.↗ · The corona is hotter than the Sun's surface.↗ · Schools closed during the corona pandemic.↗ · Coronaviruses look like they have a crown of spikes.↗ · A corona of light shone around the moon.↗ · Corona means crown in Latin.↗

coronal — Everyday, meaning 1: (space) Of the corona, the outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere: «a coronal mass ejection» is a huge burst of hot gas and magnetism thrown out from the Sun.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (body, science) A coronal plane is an imaginary flat slice that divides the body into front and back halves; a coronal suture is a joint across the top of the skull.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (speech) A coronal sound is made with the front part of the tongue, like t, d, n and s.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (rare, noun) A crown or wreath worn on the head.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A coronal can also be a round, crown-like head of soft seeds, such as a dandelion clock.↗ Example: A coronal mass ejection can cause beautiful auroras on Earth.↗ · Scientists watch the Sun for coronal storms.↗ · During the eclipse we saw the Sun's glowing corona.↗ · The scan showed a coronal view of the knee.↗ · The coronal suture runs across the top of the skull.↗ · In phonics we learned that t and d are made with the tip of the tongue.↗ · The children held them to their mouths, and tried to blow away the whole coronal with one puff of the breath.↗