noun

taco

tac‧o /ˈtækəʊ, ˈtɑː- $ ˈtɑːkoʊ/ BrE AmE noun (plural tacos) [countable]
[Date: 1900-2000; Language: Mexican Spanish; Origin: Spanish, 'wad, snack']
a type of Mexican food made from a corn ↑tortilla that is folded in half and filled with meat, beans etc

umbrella

um‧brel‧la /ʌmˈbrelə/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian; Origin: ombrella, from Latin umbella, from umbra; ⇨ ↑umbrage]
1. an object that you use to protect yourself against rain or hot sun. It consists of a circular folding frame covered in cloth ⇨ parasol:
It started to rain, so Tricia stopped to put up her umbrella.
I spent the day on the beach, lying under a beach umbrella, reading.
2. umbrella organization/group/agency etc an organization that includes many smaller groups
3. umbrella term/word/title etc a word whose meaning includes many different types of a particular thing:
District nurses, health visitors, and school nurses will come under the umbrella term ‘community nursing’.
4. (come/work etc) under the umbrella of something to be part of a larger organization or involved in the work done by it:
The international education program came under the umbrella of the State Department.
5. the protection given by a powerful country, army, a weapons system etc:
the American nuclear umbrella over western Europe

sweatshirt

sweat‧shirt /ˈswet-ʃɜːt $ -ʃɜːrt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
a loose warm piece of clothing which covers the top part of your body and arms and is worn especially for sport or relaxation
 

T-shirt

T-shirt BrE AmE, tee-shirt /ˈtiː ʃɜːt $ -ʃɜːrt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: Because it is shaped like the letter T]
a soft shirt with short ↑sleeves and no collar:
She was wearing jeans and a T-shirt.

table tennis

ˈtable ˌtennis BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
an indoor game played on a table by two or four players who hit a small plastic ball to each other across a net SYN ping-pong

swimming pool

ˈswimming pool BrE AmE noun [countable]
a structure that has been built and filled with water for people to swim in SYN pool

cookie

cook‧ie S3 W3 /ˈkʊki/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Dutch; Origin: koekje, from koek 'cake']
1. especially American English a small flat sweet cake SYN biscuit British English:
a glass of milk and a cookie
a chocolate chip cookie
2. tough/smart cookie informal someone who is clever and successful, and knows how to get what they want
3. that’s the way the cookie crumbles informal said when something bad has happened and you must accept things the way they are, even though you do not want to
4. technical information that a website leaves in your computer so that the website will recognize you when you use it again
5. American English old-fashioned an attractive young woman
 

chess

chess /tʃes/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: esches, plural of escec; ⇨ ↑check²]
a game for two players, who move their playing pieces according to particular rules across a special board to try to trap their opponent’s ↑king (=most important piece):
They meet fairly often to play chess.
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ play chess Do you want to play chess?
■ chess + NOUN
▪ a chess player Today, many chess players have online games.
▪ a chess game/match Who won the chess game?
▪ a chess board (=with black and white squares on it) There was a chess board set up on the table.
▪ a chess piece (=one that you move around the board) Some of the chess pieces were missing.
▪ a chess set (=a complete group of the different chess pieces) She gave him a beautifully carved wooden chess set.
▪ a chess move You first have to learn the basic chess moves.
▪ a chess championship/tournament (=a chess competition) Ray's taking part in a chess tournament.
▪ a chess club a member of the school chess club
▪ a chess master (=a very skilled player) An eight year-old who can beat a chess master is remarkable.
▪ a chess grand master (=the highest title a chess player can get) Bobby Fischer was an American chess grandmaster.
▪ the chess world He's a star of the chess world.

candle

can‧dle S3 /ˈkændl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 600-700; Language: Latin; Origin: candela, from candere; ⇨ ↑candid]
1. a stick of ↑wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light
2. can’t hold a candle to somebody/something informal if something or someone cannot hold a candle to something or someone else, they are not as good as the other thing or person:
No other singer can hold a candle to her.
⇨ burn the candle at both ends at ↑burn¹(19)
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ light a candle She lit a candle in the church.
▪ blow out a candle Can you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake?
▪ a candle burns (=is giving out light) The house was dark except for one candle burning in a window.
▪ a candle flickers (=the flame moves in an unsteady way) As the door opened, the candles flickered unsteadily.
▪ a candle goes out A sudden draught made the candles go out.
■ adjectives
▪ a lighted candle A procession moved through the village carrying lighted candles.
▪ a flickering candle (=with the flame moving unsteadily) The church was full of flickering white candles.
■ candle + NOUN
▪ a candle flame The candle flame flickered.
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THESAURUS
▪ light something that produces light, especially electric light, to help you to see: She switched the kitchen light on. | The lights in the house were all off.
▪ lamp an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas - often used in names of lights: a bedside lamp | a street lamp | a desk lamp | a table lamp | an old oil lamp | a paraffin lamp
▪ lantern a lamp that you can carry, consisting of a metal container with glass sides that surrounds a flame or light: The miners used lanterns which were lit by candles.
▪ torch British English, flashlight American English a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand: We shone our torches around the cavern.
▪ candle a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light: The restaurant was lit by candles.
▪ bulb the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from: a 100 watt bulb | an energy-saving light bulb