word-vault/dist/data/cards/bu/butcher.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "butcher",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person whose job is cutting up and selling meat in a shop or killing animals for this purpose",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local", "halal", "kosher"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a shop that sells meat",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He owns the butcher's in the main street."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local", "halal", "kosher"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who kills people in a cruel and violent way",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have a look at something",
            "labels": "(British English, slang)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʊtʃə(r)/",
                "audio": "bu/butcher/butcher__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʊtʃər/",
                "audio": "bu/butcher/butcher__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French bochier, from boc ‘he-goat’, probably of the same ultimate origin as the verb buck."
}