word-vault/dist/data/cards/is/island.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "island",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/co/coast.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water",
            "sensetop": "island of…on an islandisland of something",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **small/tiny island**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **remote island** off the coast of Scotland"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the islands in the Baltic Sea"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Virgin Islands"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **resort island** of Bali",
                    "contextForm": "island of…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spent a week on the Greek island of Kos.",
                    "contextForm": "on an island"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **island nation/state**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of suffering.",
                    "contextForm": "island of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He owns a house on the island."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The best beaches are on the southern tip of the island."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were forced to leave their island home and start a new life on the mainland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fiji is a small South Pacific island nation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a ferry service to the outlying islands"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a group of tropical islands"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the island chain of the Bahamas"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the island paradise of Phuket"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cuba is an island nation located on the northern rim of the Caribbean Sea."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["outlying", "remote", "coral"],
                "… of islands": ["chain", "group"],
                "island + noun": ["chain", "group", "home"],
                "preposition": ["on an/​the island"],
                "phrases": ["the… coast, side, tip, etc. of an island"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an area in the middle of a road where you can stand and wait for cars to go past until it is safe for you to cross",
            "labels": "(British English)British and North American English",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a kitchen unit with a worktop (= a flat surface for preparing food on), placed in the middle of the room with access from all sides",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their kitchen is huge, with an island and space for a small dining area."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaɪlənd/",
                "audio": "is/island/island__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaɪlənd/",
                "audio": "is/island/island__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English īegland, from īeg ‘island’ (from a base meaning ‘watery, watered’) + land. The change in the spelling of the first syllable in the 16th cent. was due to association with the unrelated word isle."
}