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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "beef",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "meat that comes from a cow",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**roast beef**"
},
{
"text": "beef and dairy cattle"
},
{
"text": "minced/ground beef"
},
{
"text": "a joint/fillet/cut of beef"
},
{
"text": "a beef farmer/producer"
},
{
"text": "She carved the beef thinly."
},
{
"text": "I bought a kilo of very lean minced beef."
},
{
"text": "Choose cuts of beef that are suitable for roasting."
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fresh", "lean", "fatty"],
"… of beef": ["bit", "piece", "slice"],
"verb + beef": ["eat", "boil", "braise"],
"beef + noun": ["broth", "jerky", "stew"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a complaint",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "What's his latest beef?"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/biːf/",
"audio": "be/beef/beef__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/biːf/",
"audio": "be/beef/beef__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French boef, from Latin bos, bov- ‘ox’."
}