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{
"term": "garden",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a piece of land next to or around your house where you can grow flowers, fruit, vegetables, etc., usually with a lawn (= an area of grass)",
"sensetop": "in the garden",
"labels": "(British English)North American English",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **front/back/rear garden**"
},
{
"text": "a **vegetable garden**"
},
{
"text": "a rose garden *(= where only are grown)"
},
{
"text": "The main bedroom **overlooks the garden**."
},
{
"text": "children playing in the garden",
"contextForm": "in the garden"
},
{
"text": "a **garden shed**"
},
{
"text": "garden flowers/plants"
},
{
"text": "She has created a garden out of a wilderness."
},
{
"text": "The garden is laid out in 18th-century style."
},
{
"text": "I hung out the washing in the back garden."
},
{
"text": "We got someone to design the garden for us."
},
{
"text": "We planted the garden with herbs and wild flowers."
},
{
"text": "Weekends were spent doing the garden."
},
{
"text": "a large country house with beautiful landscaped gardens"
},
{
"text": "a lovely Victorian walled garden"
},
{
"text": "aphids, one of the commonest garden pests"
},
{
"text": "plants suitable for a small town garden"
},
{
"text": "Ease of cultivation makes it one of the best garden plants."
},
{
"text": "They planted a garden of woodland plants that were native to the area."
},
{
"text": "They sat in the garden and enjoyed the sunshine."
}
],
"topics": ["Gardens"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["beautiful", "lovely", "pretty"],
"verb + garden": ["create", "design", "lay out"],
"garden + noun": ["flower", "plant", "soil"],
"preposition": ["in a/the garden", "into a/the garden"],
"phrases": ["the bottom of the garden", "the end of the garden"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an area in a yard where you grow flowers or plants",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "These flowers brighten up backyard gardens all over the country."
},
{
"text": "Old Mr Kenyon still keeps a garden."
},
{
"text": "Maggie unwound the hose and watered the garden."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["beautiful", "lovely", "pretty"],
"verb + garden": ["create", "design", "lay out"],
"garden + noun": ["flower", "plant", "soil"],
"preposition": ["in a/the garden", "into a/the garden"],
"phrases": ["the bottom of the garden", "the end of the garden"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a public park",
"sensetop": "in the gardens",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Thousands of people now visit the gardens every year."
},
{
"text": "The concert will take place in the gardens.",
"contextForm": "in the gardens"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["beautiful", "lovely", "pretty"],
"verb + garden": ["create", "design", "lay out"],
"garden + noun": ["flower", "plant", "soil"],
"preposition": ["in a/the garden", "into a/the garden"],
"phrases": ["the bottom of the garden", "the end of the garden"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used in the name of streets",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "39 Belvoir Gardens"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "ordinary; with no special features",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "everything is fine",
"labels": "(British English, saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make somebody believe something that is not true",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡɑːdn/",
"audio": "ga/garden/garden__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡɑːrdn/",
"audio": "ga/garden/garden__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Northern French gardin, variant of Old French jardin, of Germanic origin; related to yard ‘area outside a building’."
}