C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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[consumer goods] or [consumer items] {n.}
Food and manufactured things that people buy for their own use.
In time of war, the supply of consumer goods is greatly reduced.
[control room] {n.}
A room containing the panels and switches used to control something (like a TV broadcast).
While a television program is on the air, engineers are at their places in the control room.
[control tower] {n.}
A tower with large windows and a good view of an airport so that the traffic of airplanes can be seen and controlled, usually by radio.
We could see the lights at the control tower as our plane landed during the night.
[conversation piece] {n.}
Something that interests people and makes them talk about it; something that looks unusual, comical, or strange.
Uncle Fred has a glass monkey on top of his piano that he keeps for a conversation piece.