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coalesced verb form (past of coalesce: coalesce, coalesces, coalesced, coalescing); adjective (coalesced)
Past form of «coalesce»: came together and joined into one bigger thing or group.
coalition noun (a coalition, coalitions)
A coalition is a government made by two or more political parties working together, often because no one party won enough seats.
coarse adjective (coarse, coarser, coarsest)
Rough and thick to touch, not smooth or fine (coarse sand, coarse cloth).
coast noun (a coast, coasts; the coast); verb (coast, coasts, coasted, coasting)
The coast is the land right next to the sea or ocean.
coastal adjective (coastal)
1) On or near the coast, where land meets the sea: a coastal town. 2) To do with the coast: coastal erosion, coastal waters.
coastguard noun (the coastguard; a coastguard, coastguards)
The coastguard is the organisation that watches the sea near a coast and rescues people and boats in danger.
coastline noun (a coastline, coastlines)
1) A coastline is the edge of the land where it meets the sea, especially its shape as seen on a map or along a long stretch.
coat noun (a coat, coats); verb (coat, coats, coated, coating)
A coat is a warm piece of clothing with sleeves that you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
coating noun (a coating, coatings); verb form of coat (coating)
A coating is a thin layer of something that covers a surface (a coating of dust, a coating of chocolate).
coax verb (coax, coaxes, coaxed, coaxing); noun (coax — short for coaxial cable, technical)
To persuade someone gently and patiently to do something.
coaxing noun (coaxing – uncountable); adjective (coaxing); verb form (of «coax»: coax, coaxes, coaxed, coaxing)
Gently persuading someone to do something by being kind, patient and pleasant.
cob noun (a cob, cobs; cob — building material, uncountable)
A cob, or corncob, is the long middle part of an ear of corn (maize) that the kernels grow on: corn on the cob.
cobalt noun (cobalt, uncountable); adjective (cobalt blue)
Cobalt is a hard, silvery-grey metal; it is a chemical element.
cobble verb (cobble, cobbles, cobbled, cobbling)
1) To cobble is to mend old shoes, especially by hand. 2) To cobble is to put something together roughly, from odd pieces.
cobbler noun (cobbler, cobblers)
1) A cobbler is a person who mends shoes. 2) (cooking) A cobbler is a fruit pudding baked with a thick crust on top.
cobbling noun (cobbling); verb-ing form of cobble
1) Cobbling is the work of mending old shoes. 2) Cobbling can also mean roughly putting things together from odd parts.
cobra noun (a cobra, cobras)
1) A cobra is a large, very poisonous snake from Africa and Asia that can spread the skin of its neck into a wide hood when it is in…
cobweb noun (cobweb, cobwebs)
A cobweb is the fine sticky thread net that a spider spins to catch insects.
coca noun (coca, uncountable; a coca plant)
1) Coca is a bush that grows in the Andes mountains of South America; its leaves are chewed or made into tea by local people to help with…
coccyx noun (a coccyx, coccyges or coccyxes)
1) The small bone at the very bottom of the spine, made of tiny bones joined together; also called the tailbone.
cochin noun (a Cochin, Cochins); proper noun (Cochin)
A large, fluffy breed of chicken with feathers growing down over its legs and feet, first brought to Britain from Asia in the 1800s.
cochineal noun (cochineal — uncountable; a cochineal insect)
A deep red dye made from tiny scale insects that live on prickly pear cacti, used to colour food, drinks, make-up and cloth.
cochlea noun (a cochlea, cochleae or cochleas)
The cochlea is a small, spiral-shaped tube in the inner ear, shaped like a snail shell and filled with liquid.
cock noun (a cock, cocks); verb (cock, cocks, cocked, cocking)
A cock is an adult male chicken (a rooster); also the male of some other birds.
cockatoo noun (a cockatoo, cockatoos)
A cockatoo is a large parrot with a crest of feathers on its head that it can raise and lower.
cockatrice noun (cockatrice, cockatrices)
1) (old use, in fairy tales) A cockatrice is a made-up monster, like a snake with a cock's head, whose look was said to kill.
cockchafer noun (a cockchafer, cockchafers)
A large brown European beetle, also called a May bug or doodlebug, that flies clumsily on spring evenings and buzzes loudly.
cockcrow noun (cockcrow, cockcrows)
1) Cockcrow is the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first crows, at dawn.
cockerel noun (a cockerel, cockerels)
1) A cockerel is a young male chicken. 2) In everyday speech it means any male chicken, a rooster.
cockeyed adjective (cockeyed)
Crooked, not straight or level, like a cockeyed picture.
cockle noun (a cockle, cockles)
A small edible shellfish with two ribbed, heart-shaped shells, found in sand on beaches.
cockney noun (cockney, cockneys; Cockney); adjective (cockney)
A person from the East End of London, traditionally someone born within the sound of the Bow Bells church.
cockpit noun (a cockpit, cockpits)
The front part of an aeroplane, where the pilot sits and flies it.
cockroach noun (a cockroach, cockroaches); informal roach (USA)
A cockroach is a large brown or black insect with long feelers that lives in warm, dirty places and can spread germs.
cocky adjective (cocky, cockier, cockiest — informal); noun (a cocky, cockies — Australia, informal)
Too confident and sure of yourself in an annoying or rude way.
coco noun (coco, cocos); proper noun (Coco, a name)
The coconut palm, the tall tropical tree that grows coconuts; also short for coconut in words like «coco fibre» and «coco husk».
cocoa noun (cocoa — uncountable; a cocoa — a cup of it)
Cocoa is a brown powder made from roasted cacao beans, used to make chocolate drinks and to flavour cakes.
coconut noun (a coconut, coconuts; coconut — the flesh, uncountable)
A coconut is the large, hard, hairy brown fruit of a palm tree, with white flesh and liquid inside.
cocoon noun (a cocoon, cocoons); verb (cocoon, cocoons, cocooned, cocooning)
A cocoon is a silky case that some insect larvae, like moths and silkworms, spin around themselves to change into adults.
cod noun (a cod, cod; plural usually cod); adjective (cod — UK informal, fake)
A cod is a large sea fish with white flesh, eaten a lot as food, especially in fish and chips.
code noun (a code, codes; code, uncountable for programs); verb (code, codes, coded, coding)
A code is a system of letters, numbers or signs used to send secret messages.
codex noun (a codex, codices or codexes)
1) An old book written by hand, with pages bound together, especially an ancient or medieval book. 2) A book of laws or rules (old use).
codfish noun (plural codfish)
1) A codfish is a large sea fish that people eat. 2) (old use) «Codfish» is an insult for a foolish, dull person, as in «only a codfish».
codswallop noun (codswallop; uncountable)
1) (informal, UK, Australia, NZ) Nonsense; something that is silly and untrue: «That's a load of codswallop!»
coelacanth noun (a coelacanth, coelacanths)
1) A coelacanth is a large, rare, deep-sea fish with thick fleshy fins, a very old kind of fish once thought to have died out with the…
coeliac adjective (coeliac; US celiac); noun (a coeliac, coeliacs)
Coeliac disease is an illness in which eating gluten, found in wheat, barley and rye, damages the gut.
coercion noun (coercion, uncountable)
Making someone do something by using force or threats, so they have no real choice.
coeval adjective (coeval); noun (a coeval, coevals)
Of the same age, or existing at the same time as something else.
coexist verb (coexist, coexists, coexisted, coexisting); noun (coexistence)
1) To live or exist together at the same time and in the same place. 2) To live together peacefully even though you are different.
coffee noun (coffee, uncountable; a coffee, coffees = a cup)
Coffee is a hot dark-brown drink made from the roasted and ground seeds (beans) of the coffee plant.
coffer noun (plural coffers)
A coffer is a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep money, gold or treasure safe.
coffin noun (a coffin, coffins)
1) A long box in which a dead person is buried or cremated. 2) (idiom) A nail in the coffin: something that helps to end or ruin something.
cog noun (a cog, cogs)
A cog is one of the teeth around the edge of a wheel in a machine; a whole wheel with teeth is also called a cog or cogwheel (gear).
cogent adjective (cogent; more cogent)
1) (formal) Clear, logical and convincing (a cogent argument, a cogent reason).
cognition noun (cognition, uncountable)
The mental processes of knowing, thinking, learning, remembering and understanding.
cohabit verb (cohabit, cohabits, cohabited, cohabiting)
To cohabit is to live together in the same home as a couple without being married.
cohabitation noun (cohabitation, uncountable)
Cohabitation is living together as a couple without being married.
cohesion noun (cohesion — uncountable)
Cohesion is how well the parts of something stick or hold together.
cohort noun (a cohort, cohorts)
A cohort is a group of people who have something in common, such as the same age or starting school together.
coil noun (a coil, coils); verb (coil, coils, coiled, coiling)
A series of rings or loops made by winding something long (a coil of rope).
coiled adjective (coiled); verb, past of coil (coil, coils, coiled, coiling)
Coiled means wound into rings or circles, one on top of another, like a spring or a rope.
coin noun (coin, coins); verb (coin a word — to make up a new word)
A coin is a small, flat, round piece of metal used as money.
coinage noun (coinage, uncountable; a coinage, coinages)
The coins used in a country; its system of money (decimal coinage).
coincide verb (coincide, coincides, coincided, coinciding); nouns coincidence, coincident
To happen at the same time as something else (My birthday coincides with the holiday).
coincidence noun (a coincidence, coincidences; coincidence, uncountable)
When two things happen at the same time or in a surprising way by chance, without being planned (What a coincidence!).
coke noun (coke; a Coke, Cokes — trademark); noun (coke — slang)
Coke (with a capital C) is short for Coca-Cola, a fizzy drink.
col noun (a col, cols); abbreviation (Col. — colonel; col. — column)
The lowest point on a ridge between two mountain peaks, often used as a pass to cross the mountains.
cola noun (cola, colas; a cola — a can or glass of it)
A sweet, fizzy, brown soft drink, flavoured partly with the kola nut and usually containing caffeine.
colander noun (a colander, colanders)
1) A colander is a kitchen bowl full of small holes, used for draining water from food such as pasta or for washing vegetables.
cold adjective (cold, colder, coldest); noun (a cold, colds; the cold)
Having a low temperature; not warm: "cold water".
coldly adverb (coldly)
1) In an unfriendly way, without warmth or kindness.
coldness noun (coldness — uncountable)
Coldness is the state of being cold, having a low temperature («the coldness of the water»).
cole noun (cole, uncountable; coles); also part of «coleslaw»
Cole is an old word for cabbage and the plants in the cabbage family, such as kale.
colic noun (colic, uncountable)
Colic is bad pain in the tummy, especially when a young baby cries for a long time for no clear reason, often in the evenings.
collaborate verb (collaborate, collaborates, collaborated, collaborating)
To work together with other people to make something or reach a shared goal: «We collaborated on the poster».
collaboration noun (collaboration; a collaboration, collaborations)
Working together with others to make or do something.
collaborative adjective (collaborative; more collaborative, most collaborative)
Done by people working together, not alone: «a collaborative project».
collapse verb (collapse, collapses, collapsed, collapsing); noun (a collapse, collapses)
To fall down or fall in suddenly, like a building, bridge or tent.
collapsible adjective (collapsible)
Made so that it can be folded up or pushed down into a smaller shape when not being used (a collapsible chair, a collapsible water bottle).
collar noun (a collar, collars); verb (collar, collars, collared, collaring)
A collar is the part of a shirt, coat or dress that goes round the neck.
collarbone noun (a collarbone, collarbones)
1) The collarbone is one of two long thin bones at the front of your body, running from the top of your chest to each shoulder.
collateral noun (collateral — uncountable); adjective (collateral)
Collateral is something valuable, like a house, that you promise to give to a bank if you cannot pay back a loan.
collation noun (plural collations)
A collation is a light meal, a snack set out for guests.
colleague noun (a colleague, colleagues)
1) A colleague is a person you work with, especially in a job or profession.
collect verb (collect, collects, collected, collecting)
To collect is to gather things together into one place.
collected verb (collect, collects, collected, collecting); adjective (collected — calm)
Collected is the past of collect: gathered together.
collection noun (collection, collections); verb collect
A collection is a group of things a person gathers and keeps, like stamps or shells.
collective adjective (collective); noun (a collective, collectives)
Done or shared by all members of a group together.
collectively adverb (collectively)
1) Collectively means all together, as a group. 2) Collectively means counting everyone or everything together.
collectivisation noun (collectivisation; uncountable; US spelling collectivization)
1) (history) The forcing of farmers to give up their own land and animals and join big farms run by the state, as in the Soviet Union in…
collector noun (a collector, collectors)
A collector is a person who collects things of one kind as a hobby, such as stamps, coins, cards or shells.
college noun (a college, colleges; college, uncountable)
A place of education after school, where people study for qualifications or a trade.
collide verb (collide, collides, collided, colliding)
To collide is to crash into something or someone while moving: «Two cars collided.».
collie noun (a collie, collies)
A breed of dog with a long pointed nose and thick fur, first used in Scotland to herd sheep.
collins proper noun (Collins — a surname; Collins Dictionary); noun (a collins, collinses — a tall iced drink, rare)
Collins is a common surname in Ireland, the UK, the USA and Australia, from the old Irish and English family names.
collision noun (a collision, collisions); from the verb collide (collide, collides, collided, colliding)
A collision is when two or more things crash into each other while moving, like cars, people or balls.
colloquial adjective (colloquial; more colloquial); adverb form colloquially
Colloquial language is the informal, everyday way people talk with friends and family, not the careful language of books, letters and exams.
colloquially adverb (colloquially); from «colloquial»
1) In everyday, informal speech, not in formal writing: «A television is colloquially called a telly».
colobus noun (a colobus, colobuses; also colobus monkey)
A slender African monkey with long silky fur, a long tail and only a stump instead of a thumb; the best-known kind is black and white.
cologne noun (cologne, uncountable; a cologne, colognes); a name (Cologne — a city)
A light perfume, often for men, also called eau de cologne.

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