Words that start with C

Close is another word for near, and is the opposite of distant or far. The airplanes in the picture are flying very close together.

Something is closed if you cannot get into it or through it. The door in the picture is closed. The opposite of closed is open. Another word for closed is shut.

A clot is a soft lump, usually formed in a liquid. When you cut yourself, your blood clots so you stop bleeding. The picture is of clots forming in milk as it curdles.

You clothe someone (or yourself!) by either providing them with clothes, or dressing them.

A clothes hanger, or coathanger, is a triangular object with a hook at the top that you use for hanging your clothes up inside a wardrobe. Coathangers can be made from wire, wood or plastic.

Clouds are found in the sky. They are made from water. When they get too big and too full of water, it rains.

A cloven hoof is one that is in two pieces. Animals like cows, sheep and goats have cloven hooves.

Cloves are the dried flower of a large evergreen tree native to Indonesia and India. They are used whole or ground up in baking, for making cakes, puddings and a lot of Mexican and Indian food. Cloves are very strong, and you don't need much of them to flavour food.
Clove oil can be used to stop sore teeth from hurting.

A club is an organized group of people. Clubs are generally formed around a common interest of all the members, and typically charge some kind of fee for membership or have some other restriction on who can join.
You may also be interested in the weapon, club.

Clucking is the noise chickens make.