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{
"term": "craft",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an activity involving a special skill at making things with your hands",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "traditional crafts like basket-weaving"
},
{
"text": "a **craft fair/workshop**"
},
{
"text": "Sheep shearing is a highly skilled craft."
},
{
"text": "Subjects taught include art and craft, drama, and languages."
},
{
"text": "The men practised various traditional crafts, such as carving toys out of bone."
}
],
"topics": ["Shopping", "Hobbies"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["skilled", "ancient", "traditional"],
"verb + craft": ["practise/practice"],
"craft + noun": ["activity", "project", "work"],
"phrases": ["art and craft", "arts and crafts"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "all the skills needed for a particular activity",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "chefs who learned their craft in top hotels"
},
{
"text": "the writer’s craft"
},
{
"text": "comedians plying their craft for an agency"
},
{
"text": "a carpenter who is a real master of his craft"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + craft": ["hone", "learn", "master"],
"phrases": ["a master of your craft"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "skill in making people believe what you want them to believe",
"labels": "(formal, disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He knew how to win by craft and diplomacy what he could not gain by force."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a boat or ship",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Hundreds of small craft bobbed around the liner as it steamed into the harbour."
},
{
"text": "a **landing/pleasure craft**"
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["small", "assault", "fishing"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "an aircraft or spacecraft",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/krɑːft/",
"audio": "cr/craft/craft__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kræft/",
"audio": "cr/craft/craft__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English cræft ‘strength, skill’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kracht, German Kraft, and Swedish kraft ‘strength’. Sense (4), originally in the expression small craft ‘small trading vessels’, may be elliptical, referring to vessels requiring a small amount of “craft” or skill to handle, as opposed to large ocean-going ships."
}