Words that start with C

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

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.

A group of hyenas is called a cackle.

Cacti is the plural of cactus.

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.

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.

Cairo is the capital city of Egypt. It is the largest city in Africa, with a population of 7.67 million with another 10 million living near the city.

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.

A calculator is a small device that does math for you. Calculators have built-in functions from simple addition and subtraction right through to complex angle manipulation functions.

A calf is a baby cow.

Many other baby animals are also called calves.