| cook |
When you cook food, you make it ready to eat by making it hot. When you boil an egg, fry a chicken, or bake a potato, you are cooking food. [3 definitions] |
| cookie |
A cookie is a sweet baked food that you hold in your hand to eat. A cookie is usually round, and it is flat or shaped like a ball. We eat cookies as a snack. Cookies are made with flour and sugar, oil or butter, and other things. Some cookies have things like chocolate or nuts in them. |
| cool |
When something is cool, it is a little cold. When you are cool, you are not warm. [4 definitions] |
| copper1 |
Copper is a kind of metal. It has a color that looks like a mixture of red and brown. Electricity travels very well through copper, so wires that carry electricity are often made of copper. Copper is also used for cooking pots and pipes that carry water. |
| copy |
A copy is something that looks exactly like something else. [3 definitions] |
| coral |
Coral is something that is often found at the bottom of the sea in places where the water is warm and not very deep. Coral looks like a growing plant and is found in different colors and shapes. Coral is not a plant, though. Coral is actually very hard, and it is made up of the skeletons of very tiny sea animals. Sometimes coral builds up so much that it rises toward the surface of the water. When coral makes a large structure like this, the structure is called a reef. |
| Coral Sea |
The Coral Sea is a large body of water that is part of the Pacific Ocean. The Coral Sea touches the countries of Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Soloman Islands, and Vanuatu. If you think there is a lot of coral in the Coral Sea, you are right! The Coral Sea is the place where the largest number of coral reefs in the world can be found. |
| cord |
A cord is a thick string or a strong, thin rope. [2 definitions] |
| core |
The core is the hard center part of certain fruits. [2 definitions] |
| corn1 |
Corn is a tall plant in the grass family that people often grow for food. People and animals can eat the yellow or white seeds of this plant, which grow on something we call ears. [2 definitions] |
| corner |
A corner is the point where two lines, sides, edges, or walls meet. [2 definitions] |
| correct |
When something is correct, it has no mistakes. [2 definitions] |
| cost |
The cost of something is the amount of money you have to pay to buy it. [2 definitions] |
| Costa Rica |
Costa Rica is a country in Central America. It has the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other. Costa Rica has a tropical climate. It is home to many different kinds of animals, such as sloths, monkeys, turtles, and lizards. |
| costume |
A costume is something you wear to make you look like some other person, animal, or thing. People wear costumes when they act in a play, and sometimes they wear them just for fun. |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
Cote d'Ivoire is a country in Africa. It is on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and it is next to Liberia and Ghana. The name Cote d'Ivoire is French, and it means Ivory Coast in English. Ivory is a white material that comes from the tusks of elephants. At one time, Cote d'Ivoire was a center for selling ivory, gold, and pepper to people from Europe. Nowadays, Cote d'Ivoire still sells gold, and it sells a lot of cocoa, coffee, and oil for fuel. |
| cottage |
A cottage is a very small house. In America, a cottage is often a place to stay in the summer or just for a short time. |
| cotton |
Cotton is a plant that grows soft, white fibers. The fibers are picked and cleaned and used to make things like thread and cloth. Cotton grows in warm places around the world. [3 definitions] |
| couch |
A couch is a comfortable seat made for two or more people. Another word for couch is sofa. |
| cough |
When you cough, you push air out from your lungs and make a sharp noise in your throat. People often cough when they have a cold or when they breathe in something that feels bad to the lungs. [2 definitions] |
| could |
Could has the same meaning as the word "can," but we use could when we talk about something we were able to do in the past. [3 definitions] |