ce l|lu|lar pho ne (cellular phones ) N‑COUNT A cellular phone is the same as a cellphone . [mainly AM ] in BRIT, use mobile phone
cel|lu|lite /se ljʊla I t/ N‑UNCOUNT Cellulite is lumpy fat which people may get under their skin, especially on their thighs.
cel|lu|loid /se ljʊlɔ I d/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] You can use celluloid to refer to films and the cinema. □ King's works seem to lack something on celluloid.
cel|lu|lose /se ljʊloʊs/ N‑UNCOUNT Cellulose is a substance that exists in the cell walls of plants and is used to make paper, plastic, and various fabrics and fibres.
Celsius /se lsiəs/ ADJ Celsius is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C. □ Highest temperatures 11° Celsius, that's 52° Fahrenheit. ● N‑UNCOUNT Celsius is also a noun. □ The thermometer shows the temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
Celt /ke lt, se lt/ (Celts ) N‑COUNT If you describe someone as a Celt , you mean that they are part of the racial group which comes from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and some other areas such as Brittany.
Celt|ic /ke lt I k, se l-/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe something as Celtic , you mean that it is connected with the people and the culture of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and some other areas such as Brittany. □ …important figures in Celtic tradition.
ce|ment /s I me nt/ (cements , cementing , cemented )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Cement is a grey powder which is mixed with sand and water in order to make concrete. □ …a mixture of wet sand and cement.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Cement is the same as concrete . □ …the hard cold cement floor.
3 N‑UNCOUNT [usu n N ] Glue that is made for sticking particular substances together is sometimes called cement . □ Stick the pieces on with tile cement.
4 VERB Something that cements a relationship or agreement makes it stronger. □ [V n] Nothing cements a friendship between countries so much as trade.
5 VERB [usu passive] If things are cemented together, they are stuck or fastened together. □ [be V -ed prep/adv] Most artificial joints are cemented into place.
ce|me nt mix|er (cement mixers ) N‑COUNT A cement mixer is a machine with a large revolving container into which builders put cement, sand, and water in order to make concrete.
cem|etery /se mətri, [AM ] -teri/ (cemeteries ) N‑COUNT A cemetery is a place where dead people's bodies or their ashes are buried.
ceno|taph /se nətɑːf, -tæf/ (cenotaphs ) N‑COUNT A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
cen|sor /se nsə r / (censors , censoring , censored )
1 VERB If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret. □ [V n] The military-backed government has heavily censored the news.
2 N‑COUNT A censor is a person who has been officially appointed to examine letters or the media and to cut out any parts that are regarded as secret. □ The report was cleared by the American military censors.
3 VERB If someone in authority censors a book, play, or film, they officially examine it and cut out any parts that are considered to be immoral or inappropriate. □ [V n] ITV companies tend to censor bad language in feature films.
4 N‑COUNT A censor is a person who has been officially appointed to examine plays, films, and books and to cut out any parts that are considered to be immoral. □ …the British Board of Film Censors.
cen|so|ri|ous /sensɔː riəs/ ADJ If you describe someone as censorious , you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour. [FORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ Despite strong principles he was never censorious.
cen|sor|ship /se nsə r ʃ I p/ N‑UNCOUNT Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way. □ The government today announced that press censorship was being lifted.
cen|sure /se nʃə r / (censures , censuring , censured ) VERB If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The ethics committee may take a decision to admonish him or to censure him. □ [V n + for ] I would not presume to censure Osborne for hating his mother. ● N‑UNCOUNT Censure is also a noun. □ It is a controversial policy which has attracted international censure.
cen|sus /se nsəs/ (censuses ) N‑COUNT A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people's ages and jobs.
cent ◆◇◇ /se nt/ (cents )
1 N‑COUNT A cent is a small unit of money worth one-hundredth of some currencies, for example the dollar and the euro. □ A cup of rice which cost thirty cents a few weeks ago is now being sold for up to one dollar. □ We haven't got a cent.
2 → see also per cent
cen|taur /se ntɔː r / (centaurs ) N‑COUNT In classical mythology, a centaur is a creature with the head, arms, and upper body of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
cen|te|nar|ian /se nt I neə riən/ (centenarians ) N‑COUNT A centenarian is someone who is a hundred years old or older. □ Japan has more than 4,000 centenarians.
cen|te|nary /sentiː nəri, [AM ] -te n-/ (centenaries ) N‑COUNT The centenary of an event such as someone's birth is the 100th anniversary of that event. [mainly BRIT ] □ [+ of ] …an event marking the centenary of his birth. in AM, use centennial