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1 N‑COUNT A child is a human being who is not yet an adult. □  When I was a child I lived in a country village. □  He's just a child. □  …a child of six. □  It was only suitable for children.

2 N‑COUNT Someone's children are their sons and daughters of any age. □  How are the children? □  The young couple decided to have a child.

child|bearing /tʃa I ldbeər I ŋ/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] A woman of childbearing age is of an age when women are normally able to give birth to children.

chi ld be n|efit N‑UNCOUNT In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.

child|birth /tʃa I ldbɜː ^r θ/ N‑UNCOUNT Childbirth is the act of giving birth to a child. □  She died in childbirth.

child|care /tʃa I ldkeə ^r / N‑UNCOUNT Childcare refers to looking after children, and to the facilities which help parents to do so. □  Both partners shared childcare.

child|hood ◆◇◇ /tʃa I ldhʊd/ (childhoods ) N‑VAR [oft poss N , N n] A person's childhood is the period of their life when they are a child. □  She had a happy childhood. □  …childhood illnesses.

child|ish /tʃa I ld I ʃ/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Childish means relating to or typical of a child. □  …childish enthusiasm.

2 ADJ If you describe someone, especially an adult, as childish , you disapprove of them because they behave in an immature way. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …Penny's selfish and childish behaviour. □  Don't be so childish.

child|less /tʃa I ldləs/ ADJ Someone who is childless has no children. □  …childless couples.

child|like /tʃa I ldla I k/ ADJ You describe someone as childlike when they seem like a child in their character, appearance, or behaviour. □  His most enduring quality is his childlike innocence.

child|minder /tʃa I ldma I ndə ^r / (childminders ) N‑COUNT A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes. [BRIT ]

child|minding /tʃa I ldma I nd I ŋ/ also child-minding N‑UNCOUNT Childminding is looking after children when it is done by someone such as a childminder. [BRIT ]

chi ld pro di|gy (child prodigies ) N‑COUNT A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent. □  She was a child prodigy, giving concerts before she was a teenager.

child|proof /tʃa I ldpruːf/ also child proof ADJ Something that is childproof is designed in a way which ensures that children cannot harm it or be harmed by it. □  The rear doors include childproof locks.

chil|dren /tʃ I ldrən/ Children is the plural of child .

chili /tʃ I li/ (chilies or chilis ) → see chilli

chill /tʃ I l/ (chills , chilling , chilled )

1 VERB When you chill something or when it chills , you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze. □ [V n] Chill the fruit salad until serving time. □ [V ] These doughs can be rolled out while you wait for the pastry to chill. □ [V -ed] …a glass of chilled champagne.

2 VERB When cold weather or something cold chills a person or a place, it makes that person or that place feel very cold. □ [be V -ed] An exposed garden may be chilled by cold winds. □ [V -ed] Wade placed his chilled hands on the radiator. □ [V -ing] The boulder sheltered them from the chilling wind.

3 N‑COUNT If something sends a chill through you, it gives you a sudden feeling of fear or anxiety. □  The violence used against the students sent a chill through Indonesia. □  He smiled, an odd, dreamy smile that sent chills up my back.