word-vault/dist/data/cards/cu/cutting.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "cutting",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an article or a story that you cut from a newspaper or magazine and keep",
            "labels": "(both British English)North American English, British English",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**newspaper/press cuttings**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had kept all the press cuttings about the murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cutting from ‘The Guardian’"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["newspaper", "press"],
                "preposition": ["cutting from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece cut off a plant that will be used to grow a new plant",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Take geranium cuttings in late summer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After about four weeks you will be able to see whether the cuttings have taken."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take cuttings from mature plants in the spring."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These plants are easy to propagate from leaf cuttings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can see whether the cuttings have taken."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Plants and trees"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["leaf", "root", "stem"],
                "verb + cutting": ["take"],
                "cutting + verb": ["root", "take"],
                "preposition": ["from a/​the cutting", "cutting from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a narrow open passage that is dug through high ground for a road, railway or canal",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʌtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "cu/cutting/cutting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʌtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "cu/cutting/cutting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}