n. Large sea fish formerly thought to be extinct. [greek koilos hollow, akantha spine]
COFFEEMILL
n. Small machine for grinding roasted coffee beans.
COGNIZANCE
n. Formal 1 knowledge or awareness; perception.
- sphere of observation or concern.
- heraldry distinctive device or mark. [latin cognosco get to know]
COLLARBONE
n. Bone joining the breastbone and shoulder-blade.
COLLATERAL
—n. - security pledged as a guarantee for the repayment of a loan.
- person having the same ancestor as another but by a different line. —adj. - descended from the same ancestor but by a different line.
- side by side; parallel.
- a additional but subordinate. B contributory. C connected but aside from the main subject, course, etc. collaterally adv. [latin: related to *lateral]
COLLECTION
n. - collecting or being collected.
- things collected, esp. Systematically.
- money collected, esp. At a meeting or church service.
COLLECTIVE
bargaining n. Negotiation of wages etc. By an organized body of employees.
- farm n. Jointly-operated esp. State-owned amalgamation of several smallholdings.
- noun n. Singular noun denoting a collection or number of individuals (e.g. Assembly, family, troop).
- ownership n. Ownership of land etc., by all for the benefit of all.
- —adj. Of, by, or relating to a group or society as a whole; joint; shared. —n. - cooperative enterprise; its members.
- = *collective noun. collectively adv.
COLLECTORS
item n. (also collector's piece) thing of interest to collectors.
COLLEGIATE
adj. - of, or constituted as, a college; corporate.
- (of a university) consisting of different colleges.
- church n. Church endowed for a chapter of canons but without a bishop's see.
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