Words that start with C

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Cis forCab

A cab is the front part of a truck where the driver sits. Cab is also another name for a taxi.

Vehicles

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Cis forCabbage

Scientific name: brassica oleracea

The cabbage is a vegetable. People eat the leaves of the cabbage, not the flowers or roots.

Vegetables, Plants

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Cis forCabin

A cabin is a small house usually made of wood.

Structures

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Traditionally a cable is a very strong, heavy kind of rope. In more modern times, a cable has come to mean a long cord made of strands of metal and coated with an insulator, which is used to carry electricity or electrical signals.

Materials

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Cis forCackle (hyenas)

A group of hyenas is called a cackle.

Collective

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Cis forCacti

Cacti is the plural of cactus.

Plural

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Cis forCactus

Scientific name: family: cactaceae

Cacti are unusual plants. They grow in extremely hot, dry areas like deserts and they use as little water as possible. Their leaves have become spines and their stems are green like leaves of other plants are. Cacti store water in their thick stems.

Plants

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Cis forCafe

A cafe is a small restaurant that typically serves coffee, pastries, sandwiches and food that is able to be served quickly.

Places

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Cis forCage

A cage is something you keep an animal or bird in so it can't get away. Pet birds are often kept in cages, like in the picture.

Containers

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Cis forCake

A cake is a kind of sweet, baked food. Cakes can be made with all sorts of different ingredients, such as fruit and nuts. The cake in the picture has been decorated with candles, for someone's birthday. There is usually one candle for every year the person has lived.

Food