Words that start with C

Corrosion is what appears on something that is corroded, or the process of something becoming corroded.

A corsage is a small bouquet that is worn to one side of your chest, or on your wrist. Corsages are often worn at weddings.

The cost of something is the price you are willing to pay for it.

A cot is a portable bed.

A cot is also another word for a crib.

A cottage is a small house.

Cotton candy, also called candy floss or fairy floss, is spun sugar. It is usually dyed pink but is naturally white.
Cotton candy is made by spinning hot, melted sugar into fine threads, and then gathering the threads onto a stick. It has the texture of soft wool or cotton when it is fresh, but gets rougher as it absorbs moisture from the air.

A couch is another word for a sofa.

You count things so you know how many of them you have. The child in the picture is counting a handful of pebbles.

Countryside means the land outside towns and cities. The countryside usually has farms, fields, forests, hills, rivers, and small villages. People usually mean farming land when they talk about the countryside. A word for land without houses or farms is wilderness.

The courgette (or zucchini) is technically a fruit but most people call it a vegetable and it is usually in cookbooks as a vegetable. You can get courgettes in two colours - dark green and bright yellow.
The courgette is a member of the squash family, and is very closely related to squash and pumpkins, so close that the plants can cross-pollinate.
Courgettes need to be picked young or they get hard and woody and are not good to eat. They have a soft skin so they don't need to be peeled before cooking. They can be cooked in a variety of different ways; steamed, boiled, grilled, stuffed and baked, barbecued, fried, or in stews and other dishes. The flowers are sometimes eaten stuffed, or stuffed, dipped in batter and deep fried.