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{
"term": "cereal",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"image": "data/images/ce/cereals.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "one of various types of grass that produce grains that can be eaten or are used to make flour or bread. wheat, barley and rye are all cereals.",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "cereal crops"
}
],
"topics": ["Farming"],
"collocations": {
"cereal + noun": ["crop", "foods", "grain"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the grain produced by cereal crops",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"cereal + noun": ["crop", "foods", "grain"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "food made from the grain of cereals, often eaten for breakfast with milk",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "breakfast cereals"
},
{
"text": "a bowl of cereal"
},
{
"text": "I have cereal for breakfast."
},
{
"text": "a wholewheat cereal fortified with B-group vitamins"
},
{
"text": "fortified breakfast cereals"
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["breakfast", "bran", "high-fibre/high-fiber"],
"… of cereal": ["bowl", "box", "packet"],
"verb + cereal": ["eat", "have"],
"cereal + noun": ["bowl", "box", "packet"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪəriəl/",
"audio": "ce/cereal/cereal__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪriəl/",
"audio": "ce/cereal/cereal__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 19th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin cerealis, from Ceres, the goddess of agriculture in Roman mythology."
}