word-vault/dist/data/cards/je/jet.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "jet",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a plane driven by jet engines",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **jet aircraft/fighter/airliner**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident happened as the jet was about to take off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He flew to Bermuda in his private jet."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["jumbo", "supersonic", "regional"],
                "verb + jet": ["fly", "pilot", "charter"],
                "jet + verb": ["fly", "take off", "land"],
                "jet + noun": ["aircraft", "airliner", "airplane"],
                "preposition": ["by jet", "in a/​the jet"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a strong narrow stream of gas, liquid or flame that comes very quickly out of a small opening. The opening is also called a jet.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to clean the gas jets on the cooker"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Little jets of steam spurted from the engine."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["air", "gas", "water"],
                "preposition": ["jet of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a hard black mineral that can be polished and is used in jewellery",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "jet beads"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒet/",
                "audio": "je/jet/jet__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒet/",
                "audio": "je/jet/jet__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’. noun sense 3 Middle English: from Old French jaiet, from Latin Gagates, from Greek gagatēs ‘from Gagai’, a town in Asia Minor."
}