word-vault/dist/data/cards/ex/exhaust.json

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{
    "term": "exhaust",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_cars.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "waste gases that come out of a vehicle, an engine or a machine",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "car **exhaust fumes/emissions**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "ducts which draw out exhaust air and replace it with fresh"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car was fitted with a catalytic converter to meet exhaust regulations."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment", "Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["auto", "automobile", "car"],
                "exhaust + noun": ["emission", "fumes", "gas"],
                "preposition": ["from an/​the exhaust"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the system in a vehicle through which exhaust gases come out",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My car needs a new exhaust."
                },
                {
                    "text": "pollution from car exhausts"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["auto", "automobile", "car"],
                "exhaust + noun": ["emission", "fumes", "gas"],
                "preposition": ["from an/​the exhaust"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɔːst/",
                "audio": "ex/exhaust/exhaust__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɔːst/",
                "audio": "ex/exhaust/exhaust__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘draw off or out’): from Latin exhaust- ‘drained out’, from the verb exhaurire, from ex- ‘out’ + haurire ‘draw (water), drain’."
}