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I crouched under the table to hide.

a game where you have to write words in square spaces across and down the page

crow / krou / noun [ count ]

a large black bird that makes a loud noise

crowd 14?/ kraud / noun [ count ]

a lot of people together

There was a huge crowd at the football game.

crowd 2 / kraud / verb ( crowds , crowd • ing , crowd • ed )

to come together in a big group

The journalists crowded around the movie star.

crowd • ed / kraudad / adjective

full of people

The streets were very crowded. a crowded bus

crown1 / kraun / noun [ count ]

a circle made of valuable metal and stones (called jewels ) that a king or queen wears on his or her head

crown 2 / kraun / verb ( crowns , crown • ing , crowned )

to put a crown on the head of a new king or queen in an official ceremony

The current queen was crowned in 1953. cru • cial AWL / ' krujl / adjective

very important a crucial moment

—SYNONYM critical

crude / krud / adjective ( crud • er , crud est )

simple and not showing much skill or care The method was crude but effective.

rude in a way that many people do not like crude jokes

crude oil / |krud ' oil / noun [ noncount ]

oil that is in its natural state, before it is treated with chemicals

CrU .el Ф / krusl/ adjective ( cru • el • er , cru • el est )

A person who is cruel is unkind and likes to hurt other people or animals

I think it's cruel to keep animals in cages.

► cru • el • ly / ' kruali / adverb

He was treated cruelly when he was young.

cru • el • ty / ' krualti / noun [noncount]

behavior that is unkind and hurts other people or animals

cruise1 / kruz / noun [ count ]

a vacation when you travel on a ship and visit different places

They went on a cruise to Alaska.

cruise 2 / kruz / verb ( cruis es , cruis • ing , cruised )

to travel on a ship as a vacation, visiting different places They cruised around the Caribbean.

to stay at the same speed in a car, plane, etc. cruising along at 60 miles an hour

crumb / krAm / noun [ count ]

a very small piece of bread, cake, or cookie

crum • ble / ' krAmbl / verb ( crum • bles , crum • bling , crum • bled )

to break into very small pieces The old church walls are crumbling.

crum • ple / ' krAmpl / verb ( crum • ples , crum • pling , crum • pled )

to be crushed or to crush something into a smaller shape She crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it away.

crunch / krAntJ / verb

(crunch •es , crunch • ing , crunched )

to make a loud noise when you eat something that is hard She crunched on her apple noisily.

to make a noise like the sound of something being crushed

The leaves crunched under our feet as we walked. ► crunch noun [ singular ]

the crunch of their boots on the snow

crunch • y / ' krAntJi / adjective ( crunch • i er , crunch i est )

hard and dry, so that it makes a noise when you eat it or walk on it a crunchy salad

crush Ф / krAj /

(crush es , crush • ing , crushed )

to press something very hard so that you break or damage it Put the melons in another bag so they won't crush the eggs.

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crust / krAst / noun

[count]

the hard part on the outside of bread

a hard layer or surface around something soft or liquid the earth's crust

crus • ta • cean / w steijn / noun

[ count ]

( biology ) any animal with a soft body in several sections and covered with a hard shell

crabs, lobsters, and other crustaceans

crustaceans

crab lobster