word-vault/dist/data/cards/el/elephant.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "elephant",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a very large animal with thick grey skin, large ears, two curved outer teeth called tusks and a long nose called a trunk. There are two types of elephant, the African and the Asian.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "herds of elephants"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bull elephant"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a baby elephant"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a conservationist who cares for orphaned elephants"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Animals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["African", "Asian", "Indian"],
                "… of elephants": ["herd"],
                "verb + elephant": ["hunt", "poach", "shoot"],
                "elephant + verb": ["trumpet", "charge", "stampede"],
                "elephant + noun": ["herd", "population", "tusk"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a problem or question that everyone knows about but does not mention because it is easier not to discuss it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The elephant in the room was the money that had to be paid in bribes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There’s a big elephant in the room and it’s gun control."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪfənt/",
                "audio": "el/elephant/elephant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪfənt/",
                "audio": "el/elephant/elephant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French elefant, via Latin from Greek elephas, elephant- ‘ivory, elephant’."
}