word-vault/dist/data/cards/ca/cattle.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "cattle",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/en/environment_1.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "cows and bulls that are kept as farm animals for their milk or meat",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a herd of cattle"
                },
                {
                    "text": "twenty **head of cattle** *(= twenty cows)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**dairy/beef cattle**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prisoners were herded into trucks like cattle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cattle that stray onto the electric railway line are killed instantly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cattle were first domesticated in Neolithic times."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Farmers drove cattle along major roads as a protest against high taxes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He moved his cattle farther down into the valley in winter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Villagers traditionally have the right to graze their cattle on the common land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "cattle grazing in the fields"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Electric cattle prods were used against the demonstrators."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Animals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beef", "dairy", "Highland"],
                "… of cattle": ["head", "herd"],
                "verb + cattle": ["keep", "raise", "rear"],
                "cattle + verb": ["graze"],
                "cattle + noun": ["auction", "market", "breeding"],
                "phrases": ["a breed of cattle"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkætl/",
                "audio": "ca/cattle/cattle__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkætl/",
                "audio": "ca/cattle/cattle__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (also denoting personal property or wealth): from Anglo-Norman French catel, variant of Old French chatel, from medieval Latin capitale, from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’."
}