| clothes |
Clothes are things you wear on your body. Pants, shirts, skirts, and jackets are clothes. |
| clothing |
Clothing is what you wear to cover your body. Pants, shirts, dresses, and underwear are some types of clothing. |
| cloud |
A cloud is something you often see in the sky. Clouds are white or gray and they often change their shape. Clouds are made up of tiny drops of water or ice. When there are dark clouds in the sky above you, it will probably rain. |
| cloudy |
When we can see many gray clouds in the sky, we say that the sky is cloudy. If the sky is cloudy for most of the day, we say that it is a cloudy day. Usually, when we say the sky is cloudy, we also mean that the color of the sky is gray. |
| clover |
Clover is a plant that you see very often in a yard or field. It grows close to the ground like grass. Clover has leaves that are almost round and grow in groups of three. Sometimes you can find a clover with four leaves instead of three. Some people say that brings you good luck. |
| clown |
A clown is someone who wears funny clothes, does funny tricks, and paints his or her face to make people laugh. |
| club |
A club is a group of people who meet because they are all interested in the same thing. A hiking club, for example, is a group of people who like to hike together. [3 definitions] |
| coach |
A coach is a person who trains and teaches people in sports. [2 definitions] |
| coal |
Coal is a kind of hard material that is found in the earth. It looks like rock, but it isn't really rock. Coal is often black. It can be burned and used for fuel. Coal is sometimes used to produce the electricity that people use in their homes. |
| coast |
A coast is land that forms a line next to an ocean. Houses and other buildings can be located on a coast. [3 definitions] |
| coat |
A coat is something that you wear over your clothes. It is a piece of clothing with long sleeves, and it covers part of your legs. You usually wear a coat to keep warm or to keep clean. [3 definitions] |
| cocoa |
Cocoa is a powder made of chocolate. It doesn't have any fat or sugar in it. Cocoa is used in baking, cooking, and in some kinds of beverages. [2 definitions] |
| coconut |
A coconut is the large fruit of a certain kind of tree that grows in warm places around the world. A coconut is very hard and brown on the outside. The inside of a coconut is white, and we can eat this part. This part is a little bit sweet and is often used in candies, cookies, and other foods. |
| cocoon |
A cocoon is a covering made by young insects. The cocoon protects them while they are changing into an adult. Some spiders also make cocoons to hide their eggs. |
| coffee |
Coffee is a dark brown drink made from the beans of a coffee plant. The taste of coffee is a little bitter. The coffee plant grows in very warm areas around the world. |
| coffee table |
A coffee table is a long, low table that many people have in their living room. A coffee table is usually placed in front of a couch, and it is used as a place to put things like drinks, snacks, books, and magazines. |
| coin |
A coin is a piece of metal that we use as money. Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are flat, round coins used in the United States. |
| cold |
When something is cold, it doesn't have much heat. We have to wear a lot of clothes when a room is cold, or if it's cold outside. [4 definitions] |
| collage |
A collage is something people make as a piece of art. To make a collage, you paste different kinds of things to a surface to make a kind of picture. These things can be anything from paper and photos to cloth and buttons and macaroni! |
| collar |
A collar is the part of your shirt or dress that goes around your neck. [2 definitions] |
| collect |
When you collect things, you bring them together in one place. [2 definitions] |