Words that start with C

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

A cabinet is a piece of furniture that you store things in. Cabinet is a very general word to describe a piece of storage furniture with doors. Cabinets may be tall, small, bench height, or wall mounted.

A caboose is a small railroad car that travels at the very back of a freight train. It gives train workers a place to watch the cars and the track. A caboose often has a raised lookout area called a cupola, where a worker could see along the train.

Cabooses were once used by train crews to check for problems, such as broken wheels or loose equipment, and to show warning lights to trains behind them. Modern trains usually use electronic equipment instead, so cabooses are rarely used today. The word originally referred to a small cooking room or cabin on a ship.

Cacti is the plural of cactus.

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

A caique is a small, colorful parrot that lives in forests in South America. It has a dark head and bands of color on its body. Like most parrots, caiques are active and playful, and eat fruit and seeds.

lan A cake fork is a small fork used for eating cake and other soft desserts. It usually has three or four short prongs, called tines, and a narrow handle. It is small to fit on a dessert plate. Many cake forks have one wider or sharper tine on the side that acts like a knife to help cut small pieces off their cake.

A calf is a baby cow.
Many other baby animals are also called calves.

A calico is coat color seen in domestic cats. It is a mix of white fur and large patches of two other colors, usually orange and black.

You call someone when you try and get them to hear you from a long way away. You might call out by making your voice louder, or you might use a device like a phone to call them.