C — The school dictionary · page 51 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19characteriseTo be the typical feature or quality of something.9 sentencescharacteristicA characteristic is a special quality or feature that helps you tell one thing or person from another, like a tiger's stripes.8 sentencescharacteristicallyIn a way that is typical of a particular person or thing; as they usually do: «Characteristically, Grandma brought cake.».9 sentencescharacterizeTo characterize something is to show what it is like by its special features.6 sentencescharadesA party game where one player acts out a word, film, book or song title without speaking, and the others try to guess it.8 sentencescharcoalCharcoal is a black, light material made by burning wood slowly with very little air; it burns hot and is used as fuel for barbecues.11 sentenceschargeTo charge is to ask money for something. A charge is the price or fee.16 sentenceschargerA device that puts electricity back into a battery, like a phone or laptop charger.11 sentenceschariotA two-wheeled cart pulled by horses, used in ancient times for war and racing.10 sentencescharioteerA charioteer is a person who drives a chariot, a two-wheeled cart pulled by horses (old use).4 sentencescharismaA special charm and confidence that makes people like, notice and follow someone.8 sentencescharitableCharitable means kind and generous in giving money, food or help to people in need.10 sentencescharityA charity is an organisation that collects money and help for people or animals in need.11 sentencescharlotteCharlotte is a girl's name, and the name of cities such as Charlotte in North Carolina, USA.9 sentencescharmThe power to please or attract people (He has lots of charm).12 sentencescharmerA person who is very pleasant and attractive and makes people like them easily, sometimes to get what they want.8 sentencescharonCharon is the ferryman in ancient Greek stories who rowed the souls of the dead across the river Styx (or Acheron) into the underworld, in…8 sentenceschartA drawing that shows information, such as a graph, table or diagram (a bar chart).12 sentenceschaseTo chase is to run after someone or something to catch it.14 sentenceschaserA person or animal who chases someone or something.10 sentenceschasmA chasm is a deep, wide crack or gap in the ground, rock or ice.4 sentenceschasteChaste means pure and faithful, especially in marriage.5 sentenceschastiseTo chastise someone is to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use).4 sentenceschastisementA chastisement is a punishment, given for doing wrong (old use).4 sentenceschastityChastity means not having a sexual relationship, or only within marriage, as a religious or moral choice.9 sentenceschatTo chat means to talk in a friendly, relaxed way.12 sentenceschattelA chattel is an item of personal property, a thing a person owns that can be moved (old use). Chattels means all the belongings of a person.5 sentenceschatterTo chatter is to talk quickly and a lot about small, unimportant things.12 sentenceschatterboxA person, often a child, who talks a lot and seems never to stop.8 sentenceschatteringTalking quickly and a lot about small, unimportant things: «The girls were chattering in the corridor.».11 sentenceschattyA chatty person likes to talk a lot in a friendly way.8 sentenceschauffeurA chauffeur is a person whose job is driving someone else's car, often for a rich or important person.9 sentenceschawTo chaw is to chew: to bite and grind food with the teeth.4 sentencescheapCheap means it costs only a little money.12 sentencescheaplyCheaply means for a low price, without spending much money.12 sentencescheapskateA person who does not like spending money, even when they should; a mean or stingy person.7 sentencescheatTo cheat means to break the rules to win or get an advantage, or to do something dishonest.11 sentencescheaterA cheater is a person who cheats: who breaks the rules secretly to win or to get something they should not have.9 sentencescheatingCheating is acting dishonestly to win or get an advantage: breaking the rules of a game or test.12 sentencescheckTo check is to look at something to see if it is right, safe or ready.16 sentencescheckersCheckers is a board game for two players who move round flat pieces diagonally on a squared board and jump over the other player's pieces…10 sentenceschecklistA checklist is a list of things to do or to bring, where you mark each one when it is done.10 sentencescheckmateIn chess, checkmate is when a king is attacked and cannot escape, so the game ends and that player loses.11 sentencescheckoutThe place in a shop or supermarket where you pay for things.9 sentencescheckupA visit to a doctor, dentist or vet to check that you are healthy, even when you feel fine.8 sentencescheddarA hard, yellow or orange-yellow cheese, mild or strong-tasting, first made in the village of Cheddar in Somerset, England.11 sentencescheekYour cheeks are the soft sides of your face below your eyes.12 sentencescheekboneYour cheekbones are the bones at the top of your cheeks, just below your eyes.7 sentencescheekilyIn a slightly rude but often funny or playful way, showing a lack of respect (especially UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand).8 sentencescheekinessRude but often playful or funny behaviour that shows a lack of respect.8 sentencescheekyCheeky means rude or not respectful, but often in a funny or playful way.12 sentencescheepTo make a short, high, weak sound.11 sentencescheerTo cheer is to shout loudly to show you are pleased or to encourage someone.14 sentencescheererA cheerer is a person who cheers, shouting loudly to encourage a team or a player.8 sentencescheerfulA cheerful person is happy and in a good mood, and shows it with smiles and a friendly manner.11 sentencescheerfullyIn a happy, bright and friendly way.10 sentencescheerfulnessCheerfulness is being happy, bright and in a good mood, and showing it to others.8 sentencescheerilyIn a happy, bright and hopeful way.4 sentencescheerioGoodbye, said in a friendly, cheerful way.9 sentencescheerleaderA cheerleader is a person, often in a team, who dances, shouts chants and does jumps to encourage a sports team and the crowd.9 sentencescheerlessCheerless means gloomy, dull and without anything to make you happy or comfortable.8 sentencescheeryHappy and friendly in a bright, lively way.10 sentencescheeseCheese is a food made from milk, usually yellow or white, that can be soft or hard.11 sentencescheeseburgerA hamburger with a slice of melted cheese on top of the meat patty, served in a bun.7 sentencescheesyTasting or smelling of cheese, or full of cheese.10 sentencescheetahA cheetah is a slim, spotted big cat from Africa (and a few in Iran) and the fastest land animal, able to run as fast as a car on a main r…9 sentenceschefA chef is a person whose job is to cook, often the main cook in a restaurant or hotel.10 sentenceschemicalA chemical is a substance, especially one made or used in science or industry, such as bleach, salt or oxygen.11 sentenceschemicallyIn a way that involves chemistry or chemicals: chemically treated wood.9 sentenceschemiseA loose, simple dress or a woman's undergarment like a long shirt, worn in the past under other clothes.8 sentenceschemistA chemist is a scientist who studies chemistry: what substances are made of and how they change.10 sentenceschemistryChemistry is the science of substances: what they are made of, how they behave and how they change into new substances.10 sentenceschemotherapyChemotherapy is a treatment for cancer that uses strong medicines to kill the sick cells.8 sentenceschequeA printed paper form you write on to tell your bank to pay money from your account to someone.8 sentenceschequebookA small book of printed forms (cheques) that a bank gives to a customer; you write on a cheque to pay someone from your bank account.9 sentencescherishTo cherish someone or something is to love it and take great care of it.4 sentencescherishedLoved, protected and cared for very much (a cherished toy).11 sentencescherokeeThe Cherokee are a Native American people, originally from the south-east of what is now the USA, many of whom now live in Oklahoma and No…9 sentencescherryA cherry is a small round red or dark red fruit with a hard stone in the middle and a long thin stalk.13 sentencescherubA cherub is a kind of angel, often shown as a chubby child with small wings.5 sentenceschessChess is a board game for two players with pieces like kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks and pawns on a board of 64 squares.11 sentenceschessboardA square board with 64 squares in eight rows of eight, coloured light and dark in turn, used for playing chess or draughts.8 sentenceschestYour chest is the front of your body between your neck and your tummy.11 sentenceschestnutA chestnut is a shiny reddish-brown nut that grows inside a prickly case on a chestnut tree; sweet chestnuts can be roasted and eaten.13 sentenceschestyHaving a lot of mucus in the chest from a cold, with a deep, wet cough, as in "a chesty cough".8 sentenceschewTo chew is to break up food in your mouth with your teeth before you swallow it.12 sentenceschewingChewing means crushing food with your teeth to make it soft enough to swallow.12 sentenceschewyNeeding a lot of chewing because it is soft but tough or sticky, as in «chewy sweets» or «chewy meat».10 sentenceschiThe 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, written χ, said "kye" (rhymes with "sky").10 sentenceschicagoChicago is a big city in the United States, in the state of Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan.9 sentenceschickA baby bird, especially a baby chicken that has just hatched from its egg.11 sentenceschickenA chicken is a farm bird that lays eggs.12 sentenceschickenpoxA common illness, mostly of children, caused by a virus, that gives a fever and very itchy red spots that turn into blisters and then scabs.9 sentenceschicleA natural gum made from the milky sap of the sapodilla tree of Central America, used in the past to make chewing gum.7 sentenceschiefThe leader or head of a group, such as a tribe, organisation or police force (the fire chief).12 sentenceschieflyChiefly means mainly or mostly.9 sentenceschieftainA chieftain is the leader of a tribe or clan.4 sentenceschihuahuaA chihuahua is a very small breed of dog with big ears and big eyes, the smallest dog breed in the world.10 sentenceschilblainsPainful, itchy red or purple swellings on the toes, fingers, ears or nose, caused when skin gets very cold and then warms up too fast.8 sentenceschildA child is a young boy or girl.21 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/5/