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cha m|ber pot (chamber pots ) N‑COUNT A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.

cha|me|le|on /kəmiː liən/ (chameleons ) N‑COUNT A chameleon is a kind of lizard whose skin changes colour to match the colour of its surroundings.

cham|ois /ʃæ mi/ (chamois ) Pronounced /ʃæ mwɑː/ for meaning 1 in British English. 1 N‑COUNT Chamois are small animals rather like goats that live in the mountains of Europe and South West Asia.

2 N‑COUNT A chamois or a chamois leather is a soft leather cloth used for cleaning and polishing.

chamo|mile /kæ məma I l/ → see camomile

champ /tʃæ mp/ (champs ) N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A champ is the same as a champion . [INFORMAL ] □  …the reigning European heavyweight champ.

cham|pagne /ʃæ mpe I n/ (champagnes ) N‑VAR Champagne is an expensive French white wine with bubbles in. It is often drunk to celebrate something.

cham|pers /ʃæ mpə ^r z/ N‑UNCOUNT Champers is champagne. [BRIT , INFORMAL ]

cham|pi|on ◆◆◇ /tʃæ mpiən/ (champions , championing , championed )

1 N‑COUNT A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight. □  …a former Commonwealth champion. □  Kasparov became world champion. □  …a champion boxer and skier.

2 N‑COUNT If you are a champion of a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them. □ [+ of ] He was once known as a champion of social reform.

3 VERB If you champion a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them. □ [V n] He passionately championed the poor. □ [be V -ed + by] The amendments had been championed by pro-democracy activists. SYNONYMS champion NOUN 1

winner:The winner was a horse called Last Town.

victor:He was the eventual victor.

conqueror:He easily overcame Garcia, Saturday's conqueror of Ernie Els.

cham|pi|on|ship ◆◆◇ /tʃæ mpiənʃ I p/ (championships )

1 N‑COUNT A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport. □  …the world chess championship.

2 N‑SING The championship refers to the title or status of being a sports champion. □  This season I expect us to retain the championship and win the European Cup.

chance ◆◆◆ /tʃɑː ns, tʃæ ns/ (chances , chancing , chanced )

1 N‑VAR [N that] If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen. □ [+ of ] Do you think they have a chance of beating Australia? □ [+ of ] This partnership has a good chance of success. □ [+ of ] The specialist who carried out the brain scan thought Tim's chances of survival were still slim. □  There was really very little chance that Ben would ever have led a normal life.

2 N‑COUNT [usu N to-inf] If you have a chance to do something, you have the opportunity to do it. □  The electoral council announced that all eligible people would get a chance to vote. □  I felt I had to give him a chance. [Also + for ]

3 ADJ [ADJ n] A chance meeting or event is one that is not planned or expected. □  …a chance meeting. ● N‑UNCOUNT Chance is also a noun. □  …a victim of chance and circumstance.

4 VERB If you chance to do something or chance on something, you do it or find it although you had not planned or tried to. [FORMAL ] □ [V to-inf] It was just then that I chanced to look round. □ [V + upon/on/across ] They once holidayed in Rome and chanced upon a bar called The Seamus Heaney.