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clo s|ing price (closing prices ) N‑COUNT On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business. [BUSINESS ] □  The price is slightly above yesterday's closing price.

clo s|ing time (closing times ) N‑VAR Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave. □  We were in the pub until closing time.

Clos|trid|ium diffi|cile /klɒstr I diəm d I f I s I li, - d I f I siː l/ N‑UNCOUNT Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that causes severe diarrhoea. It is commonly found in hospitals. C.diff is also used. [MEDICAL ]

clo|sure /kloʊ ʒə ^r / (closures )

1 N‑VAR The closure of a place such as a business or factory is the permanent ending of the work or activity there. □ [+ of ] …the closure of the Ravenscraig steelworks. □  Almost three in four clinics say they face closure by the end of the year.

2 N‑COUNT The closure of a road or border is the blocking of it in order to prevent people from using it.

3 N‑UNCOUNT If someone achieves closure , they succeed in accepting something bad that has happened to them. [mainly AM ] □  I asked McKeown if the reunion was meant to achieve closure.

clot /klɒ t/ (clots , clotting , clotted )

1 N‑COUNT A clot is a sticky lump that forms when blood dries up or becomes thick. □  He needed emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.

2 VERB When blood clots , it becomes thick and forms a lump. □ [V ] The patient's blood refused to clot. □ [V -ing] Aspirin apparently thins the blood and inhibits clotting.

cloth /klɒ θ, [AM ] klɔː θ/ (cloths )

1 N‑VAR Cloth is fabric which is made by weaving or knitting a substance such as cotton, wool, silk, or nylon. Cloth is used especially for making clothes. □  She began cleaning the wound with a piece of cloth.

2 N‑COUNT A cloth is a piece of cloth which you use for a particular purpose, such as cleaning something or covering something. □  Clean the surface with a damp cloth. □  …a tray covered with a cloth.

3 N‑SING The cloth is sometimes used to refer to Christian priests and ministers. □  …a man of the cloth.

clo th ca p (cloth caps ) N‑COUNT A cloth cap is a soft flat cap with a stiff, curved part at the front called a peak. Cloth caps are usually worn by men.

clothe /kloʊ ð/ (clothes , clothing , clothed )

1 VERB To clothe someone means to provide them with clothes to wear. □ [V n] She was on her own with two kids to feed and clothe.

2 → see also clothed , clothes , clothing

clothed /kloʊ ðd/ ADJ [adv ADJ ] If you are clothed in a certain way, you are dressed in that way. □  He lay down on the bed fully clothed. □ [+ in ] …women clothed in black.

clothes ◆◆◇ /kloʊ ðz/

1 N‑PLURAL Clothes are the things that people wear, such as shirts, coats, trousers, and dresses. □  Moira walked upstairs to change her clothes. □  He dressed quickly in casual clothes.

2 → see also plain-clothes

clo thes horse (clothes horses )

1 N‑COUNT A clothes horse is a folding frame used inside someone's house to hang washing on while it dries.

2 N‑COUNT If you describe someone, especially a woman, as a clothes horse , you mean that they are fashionable and think a lot about their clothes, but have little intelligence or no other abilities. [DISAPPROVAL ]

clothes|line /kloʊ ðzla I n/ (clotheslines ) also clothes line N‑COUNT A clothesline is a thin rope on which you hang washing so that it can dry.

clo thes peg (clothes pegs ) N‑COUNT A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line. [BRIT ] in AM, use clothespin

clothes|pin /kloʊ ðzp I n/ (clothespins ) N‑COUNT A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg . [AM ]