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piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the rest of it. This is a very general word and can be used with most noncount nouns: She wrote her address on a piece of paper. ♦ He cut the pizza into small pieces. ♦ a piece of fruit ♦ a piece of advice

slice a thin, flat piece of food that has been cut off a larger piece: Would you like another slice of cake? ♦ Cut the meat into thin slices. ♦ a slice of lemon/tomato ♦ cheese slices

chunk a thick, solid piece that has been cut or broken off something: There were chunks of ice floating in the lake. ♦ a great big chunk of meat ♦ a chunk of cheese/bread

lump a piece of something hard or solid, especially one without any particular shape: This sauce has lumps in it. ♦ a few lumps of coal ♦ a big lump of dough slab a thick, flat piece of stone, ice, or food: a huge slab of concrete ♦ paving slabs

church © / tjartj/ noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural church . es )

( religion ) a building where Christians go to speak to God (to pray )

They go to church every Sunday. Grammar

When we talk about going to a ceremony (a service ) in a church we say in church , to church or at church without "a" or "the": Was Mr. Poole at church today?

We use a or the to talk about the building: the church where we got married ♦ a historic church .

chute / Jut / noun [ count ]

a narrow space that you drop or slide things down a laundry chute

ci • der / ' saidar / ( also ap . ple ci . der ) noun

[ count, noncount ] a drink made from apples

ci • gar / si ' gar / noun [ count ]

a thick roll of dried leaves (called tobacco ) that some people smoke. Cigars are larger than cigarettes.

cig .a .rette © / 'sigaret/ noun [count ]

a thin tube of white paper filled with dried leaves (called tobacco ), which some people smoke He smoked two packs of cigarettes a day.

cin • e • ma / ' sinama / noun [noncount] (format)

movies in general

French cinema during the twentieth century

cin • na • mon / ' sinaman / noun [ noncount ]

a brown powder that is used to give flavor to sweet foods cinnamon toast (= toast with butter, cinnamon, and sugar )

cir .cle lO/'ssrkl/ noun [count]

1 a round shape; a ring There are 360 degrees in a circle.

—Look at the picture at shape .

circle

2 a group of people who are friends, or who have the same interest or job

He has a large circle of friends.

cir • cle 2 / ' sarkl / verb ( cir . cles , cir . cling , cir cled )

to move in a circle, or to draw a circle around something

Vultures circled overhead.

Circle the correct answer in your book.

cir • cuit / ' sarkat / noun [ count ]

( physics ) the complete path of electricity through a wire, etc.

an electrical circuit

cir • cu • lar / ' sarkyalar / adjective

with the shape of a circle a circular table

—SYNONYM round

cir • cu • late / ' sarkyaleit / verb ( cir . cu lates , cir . cu lat . ing , cir cu . lat . ed )

to move around

Blood circulates around the body.

cir • cu • la • tion / |sarkya ' leijn / noun

[ noncount ]

( biology ) the movement of blood around the body

cir • cum • fer • ence / sar kAmfrans / noun

[ count ]

( math ) the distance around a circle —Look at the picture at circle .

cir • cum • stanc • esAWL / ' sarkamstrensiz / noun [ plural ]

the facts that are true in a particular situation

under no circumstances

never; not for any reason