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C is for Crib

A crib is a small bed for a baby to sleep in. Cribs usually have bars on the sides so the baby doesn't fall out and hurt themselves - and the bars also keep older babies from escaping!
Cribs are also known as a cot or cradle or an infant bed.

C is for Cricket

Crickets are a type of insect distantly related to grasshoppers. Crickets make a distinctive "chirping" noise. Crickets make this noise by rubbing their hind legs together.
There are many different varieties of cricket, and they all have a slightly different "chirp".

C is for Cries

Cries is the plural of cry, for example "I heard the cries of the baby next door."

C is for Crimson

Crimson is a deep red at the purple end of the red spectrum. People usually just use crimson as another word for red.

C is for Cringe

When you cringe, you shrink or move away from something you don't like. People cringe to express a variety of negative emotions, including fear and embarrassment.

C is for Crisp

A food is crisp if it is fairly hard, brittle and easily broken. Very fresh vegetables are crisp and thinly sliced, cooked potatoes are so crisp they are actually called potato crisps!

C is for Crisps

Potato crisps, or just chips, are thin slices of potato deep fried until they are crispy. They are sprinkled with salt and other flavours, and sold in foil packets. The most popular flavour besides plain is salt and vinegar.

C is for Croak

Croak is the noise a frog or toad makes. Sometimes people say "ribbit" instead of croak. Frogs make noise by passing air through a vocal sac, but by puffing out the skin on their throats they can make their croak so loud that some types of frog can be heard up to a mile away.

C is for Crochet

Crochet is a way of making cloth out of loops of yarn using a small hook. Crochet is different to knitting as there is only ever one loop at a time, while knitting has many loops along the knitting needle.

C is for Crocheted

Something is crocheted if it has been made by the process of crocheting.

C is for Crocodile

Crocodiles are a large reptile that can range in size up to eight metres long. They are found all over the world, and can live in both fresh water and salt water. They are related to alligators.

C is for Crocus

Crocuses are small flowers that grow from a bulb under the ground. They come in a huge range of colours. Most crocuses only grow to a few inches tall. They usually grow one flower each year before they grow their leaves.

C is for Croissant

A croissant is a French pastry made from layers of yeast-risen puff pastry and butter. It is made into the shape of a crescent moon.

C is for Crop

A crop is a large amount of produce, like wheat or corn or any kind of plant grown for food. It is called a crop as you harvest it, as in a crop of apples.

C is for Croquet

Croquet is a lawn game, which involves hitting a ball through hoops stuck into the grass with a mallet. There are many different variations on the rules for croquet, with the simplest being that the person who knocks the ball through all the hoops with the fewest number of hits wins.

C is for Cross

A cross is a shape made by crossing two straight lines. Crosses are often built out of two pieces of wood nailed together. The Christian cross usually seen on top of churches has the horizontal part of the cross much shorter than the vertical part.
Cross stitch is a kind of embroidery made up of lots of evenly spaced stitched crosses.

C is for Cross-eyed

Cross-eyed means your eyes look in different directions. One eye may look straight ahead while the other looks to the side. It most commonly means both eyes look inwards, like the cat in the picture.

C is for Crossbow

A crossbow is a weapon similar to a bow but much easier to use. Crossbows fire bolts while bows fire arrows.
The bow string on a crossbow is pulled back using a small winch or a rod and then held in place by a small catch, while a bow needs a very strong arm to hold the string back continuously until the arrow is fired. Crossbows require less strength and skill to use, and were a very effective weapon before the gun became commonplace.

C is for Crosshatch

Crosshatch is a pattern that is formed by creating a series of intersecting lines. The most popular crosshatch pattern is made by crossing veritical and horizontal lines.