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1 VERB When a cow calves , it gives birth to a calf. □ [V ] When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family.

2 VERB Some other female animals, including elephants and whales, are said to calve when they give birth to their young. □ [V ] The whales migrate some 6,000 miles to breed and calve in the warm lagoons.

3Calves is the plural of calf .

Cal|vin|ist /kæ lv I n I st/ (Calvinists )

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Calvinist means belonging or relating to a strict Protestant church started by John Calvin. □  …the Calvinist work ethic.

2 N‑COUNT A Calvinist is a member of the Calvinist church.

ca|lyp|so /kəl I psoʊ/ (calypsos ) N‑COUNT A calypso is a song about a current subject, sung in a style which originally comes from the West Indies.

ca|ma|ra|derie /kæ mərɑː dəri, [AM ] kɑː m-/ N‑UNCOUNT Camaraderie is a feeling of trust and friendship among a group of people who have usually known each other for a long time or gone through some kind of experience together. □ [+ of ] …the loyalty and camaraderie of the wartime Army.

cam|ber /kæ mbə ^r / (cambers ) N‑COUNT A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.

cam|cord|er /kæ mkɔː ^r də ^r / (camcorders ) N‑COUNT A camcorder is a portable video camera which records both pictures and sound.

came /ke I m/ Came is the past tense of come .

cam|el /kæ m ^ə l/ (camels )

1 N‑COUNT A camel is a large animal that lives in deserts and is used for carrying goods and people. Camels have long necks and one or two lumps on their backs called humps.

2the straw that broke the camel's back → see straw

ca mel-hair The spellings camel hair , and in American English camel's hair , are also used. ADJ [ADJ n] A camel-hair coat is made of a kind of soft, thick woollen cloth, usually creamy-brown in colour.

ca|mel|lia /kəmiː liə/ (camellias ) N‑COUNT A camellia is a large bush that has shiny leaves and large white, pink, or red flowers similar to a rose.

Cam|em|bert /kæ mɒmbeə ^r / (Camemberts ) N‑VAR Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.

cameo /kæ mioʊ/ (cameos )

1 N‑COUNT A cameo is a short description or piece of acting which expresses cleverly and neatly the nature of a situation, event, or person's character. □  He played a cameo role, that of a young cancer patient in hospital.

2 N‑COUNT A cameo is a piece of jewellery, usually oval in shape, consisting of a raised stone figure or design fixed on to a flat stone of another colour. □  …a cameo brooch.

cam|era ◆◆◇ /kæ mrə/ (cameras )

1 N‑COUNT A camera is a piece of equipment that is used for taking photographs, making films, or producing television pictures. Many cameras are now included as part of other digital devices such as phones and tablets. □  Her gran lent her a camera for a school trip to Venice and Egypt. □  …a video camera. □  They were caught speeding by hidden cameras.

2 PHRASE If someone or something is on camera , they are being filmed. □  Just about anything could happen and we'll be there to catch it on camera when it does.

3 PHRASE If you do something or if something happens off camera , you do it or it happens when not being filmed. □  They were anything but friendly off-camera, refusing even to take the same lift. □  …off-camera interviews.

4 PHRASE If a trial is held in camera , the public and the press are not allowed to attend. [FORMAL ] □  This morning's appeal was held in camera.

camera|man /kæ mrəmæn/ (cameramen ) N‑COUNT A cameraman is a person who operates a camera for television or film making.

ca m|era phone (camera phones ) N‑COUNT A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.

ca mera-shy ADJ Someone who is camera-shy is nervous and uncomfortable about being filmed or about having their photograph taken.