word-vault/dist/data/cards/co/cocktail.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "cocktail",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a drink usually made from a mixture of one or more spirits (= strong alcoholic drinks) and fruit juice. It can also be made without alcohol.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a cocktail bar/cabinet/shaker"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Drinks"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["pre-dinner", "afternoon", "evening"],
                "verb + cocktail": ["make", "mix", "serve"],
                "cocktail + noun": ["bar", "lounge", "cabinet"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a dish of small pieces of food, usually served cold",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a prawn/shrimp cocktail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "fruit cocktail"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["prawn", "seafood", "shrimp"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a mixture of different substances or elements, often ones that do not mix together well",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a lethal cocktail of drugs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The show was a heady cocktail of jazz and political satire."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deadly", "lethal", "heady"],
                "preposition": ["cocktail of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒkteɪl/",
                "audio": "co/cocktail/cocktail__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːkteɪl/",
                "audio": "co/cocktail/cocktail__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from cock + tail. The original use was as an adjective describing a creature with a tail like that of a cock, specifically a horse with a docked tail; hence (because hunters and coach-horses were generally docked) a racehorse which was not a thoroughbred, having a cock-tailed horse in its pedigree (early 19th cent.). Sense (1) (originally US, also early 19th cent.) is perhaps an analogy, from the idea of an impure spirit."
}