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{
"term": "honey",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a sweet, sticky yellow-brown substance made by bees that is spread on bread, etc. like jam",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "How do bees make honey?"
},
{
"text": "a jar of locally produced honey"
},
{
"text": "to gather honey from the hive"
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["clear", "runny", "wild"],
"… of honey": ["jar", "pot"],
"verb + honey": ["make", "produce", "gather"],
"honey + noun": ["bee"],
"phrases": ["as sweet as honey"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a way of addressing somebody that you like or love",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Have you seen my keys, honey?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a person that you like or love and think is very kind",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He can be a real honey when he wants to be."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a place where life is pleasant and easy and people are very happy",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He dreamed of emigrating to Canada—the land of milk and honey."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌni/",
"audio": "ho/honey/honey__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌni/",
"audio": "ho/honey/honey__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English hunig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch honig and German Honig."
}