| cube1 |
A cube is a solid figure with six square sides. It looks something like a box. All of the six sides of a cube are the same size. The dice that you play some kinds of games with have a shape like a cube. [2 definitions] |
| cucumber |
A cucumber is a long fruit with dark green skin. Because it is not sweet, we usually call a cucumber a vegetable. Cucumbers are light green inside, and there are often seeds that you can eat. We usually don't cook cucumbers. We often eat them in salads with other vegetables. |
| culture |
Everything that a large group of people share, such as music, art, and language, is called culture. Things that a group of people believe and celebrate are also part of that group's culture. |
| cup |
A cup is something that can hold liquid and that we use for drinking. People often drink cocoa, coffee, and tea from a cup, and young children often use a cup to drink juice or milk. Cups can be made from different materials but not usually from glass. Many cups have a handle on the side. [2 definitions] |
| cupboard |
A cupboard is a set of shelves with a door. You keep food, dishes, or other things in a cupboard. |
| cupcake |
A cupcake is a little cake for one person. |
| cure |
A cure is something that makes a sick person get well again. We are lucky that there are cures for many diseases nowadays. [2 definitions] |
| curious |
When you are curious, you want to know something just because it is interesting to you. |
| curl |
When you curl something, you make it into a curved shape or ring. [3 definitions] |
| curly |
When something like hair is curly, it has rings or waves in it. It is not straight. |
| current |
When something is current, it exists or is happening now, in the present time. [2 definitions] |
| curtain |
A curtain is a piece of cloth that hangs in a window or other opening. The curtain shuts out light or covers something. [2 definitions] |
| curve |
A curve is a part of a road or river that bends. [4 definitions] |
| curved |
When something is curved, it has a shape like part of a circle. Something that is curved is not straight. |
| cushion |
A cushion is something you can often find on a chair or couch. It is something that you can sit on or lean against to be comfortable. It is similar to a pillow, but it is usually less soft. A cushion is a fabric container filled with soft material and sewn together around the edges. |
| custom |
A custom is a special way of acting or doing something. We often call something a custom when a whole group of people do it. For example, it is a custom in many countries for people to shake hands when they meet new people. People in some other countries don't have this custom. |
| customer |
A customer is a person who buys products or services. When you go to buy something in a store or eat in a restaurant, you are a customer. |
| cut |
When you cut something, you open it or break through it with a sharp tool. We use a knife to cut food, and we use scissors to cut paper. [2 definitions] |
| cute |
We call a person or thing cute when it is nice to look at or makes us smile. Something that is cute gives us a warm and happy feeling. Things that many people think are cute are puppies, bunnies, kittens, and babies. |
| cyberbully |
A cyberbully is a person who writes things on the internet that are mean and sometimes cause bad things to happen to other people. |
| cycle |
A cycle is what we call it when things happen in a certain order and then start again from the beginning. A cycle makes a kind of circle. |