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chadarim
nounVery Low
/xædɑːˈriːm/Plural form of 'cheder', a traditional Jewish elementary school where children are taught Hebrew, the Torah, and Jewish law and tradition.
chadderton
nounRare (as a general vocabulary item; proper noun frequency is specific to demographic data)
/ˈtʃædətən/A proper noun referring to a town in Greater Manchester, England, or a surname of English origin.
chadian
adjectivenounC1
/ˈtʃædɪən/Relating to or originating from the country of Chad in central Africa.
chadic
adjectivenounC2 (Academic/Linguistics)
/ˈtʃædɪk/Relating to or denoting a family of languages spoken in west and central Africa, or the peoples who speak them.
chado
nounVery Low
/ˈtʃɑː.dəʊ/The Japanese traditional tea ceremony.
chador
nounLow
/ˈtʃʌdɔː/A large piece of cloth, usually black, worn by some Muslim women to cover their head and body, leaving the face visible.
chadri
nounVery Low
/ˈtʃɑːdri/A full-length, full-body veil, worn by some Muslim women, covering the head, face and body, often with a mesh or crocheted screen over the eyes to see through.
chadwick
nounVery low
/ˈtʃædwɪk/A proper noun, primarily a male given name or surname.
chaebol
nounC2
/ˈtʃeɪ.bɒl/A large family-owned industrial conglomerate in South Korea.
chaeronea
nounVery low
/ˌkaɪrəˈniːə/A place name referring to a town and an archaeological site in Boeotia, Greece.
chaeta
nounC2/Very Rare
/ˈkiːtə/A bristle, spine, or hairlike structure in annelid worms and some other invertebrates, used for locomotion, sensation, or defense.
chaetognath
adjectivenounVery Low
/ˈkiːtəɡnæθ/a small, transparent, predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha; an arrowworm.
chaetopod
nounC2
/ˈkiːtəpɒd/A worm belonging to the class Chaetopoda.
chaetotaxy
nounVery Rare (C2+)
/ˌkiːtəʊˈtæksi/The arrangement or pattern of bristles (chaetae) on an insect or other arthropod.
chafe
nounverbverb-intransitive+1C1
/tʃeɪf/to become annoyed or impatient because of restrictions or irritation.
chafer
nounRare / Technical
/ˈtʃeɪfə/A type of large, flying beetle.
chafeweed
nounVery Rare / Archaic
/ˈtʃeɪfˌwiːd/A common name for plants, such as the cudweed (Gnaphalium genus), used historically in folk medicine, sometimes for causing a mild irritation (chafing).
chaff
nounC1
/tʃɑːf/The husks of grains separated during threshing; worthless or trivial matter.
chaffer
nounverbverb-intransitive+1C2
/ˈʧæf.ər/to bargain or haggle, especially over the price of goods.
chaffinch
nounC1
/ˈtʃæfɪn(t)ʃ/A common small European songbird (Fringilla coelebs) of the finch family, the male of which has a reddish breast and face and a blue-grey cap.

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