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{
"term": "lake",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"image": "data/images/mo/mountains.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a large area of water that is surrounded by land",
"sensetop": "in a lakeon a lake",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We swam in the lake.",
"contextForm": "in a lake"
},
{
"text": "There were a number of boats on the lake.",
"contextForm": "on a lake"
},
{
"text": "We stayed in a hotel on the edge of Lake Ontario."
},
{
"text": "a wine lake *(= a large supply of wine that is not being used)*"
},
{
"text": "A ferry takes people across the lake."
},
{
"text": "Carp live in the lake."
},
{
"text": "She fell into the lake."
},
{
"text": "There is a cafe on the other side of the lake."
},
{
"text": "We had a holiday at Lake Como."
},
{
"text": "We spent a weekend at Lake Crystal."
},
{
"text": "We walked around the lake."
},
{
"text": "We went boating on the lake."
},
{
"text": "You should cross the lake before nightfall."
},
{
"text": "a cottage on the lake"
},
{
"text": "a hill overlooking the lake"
},
{
"text": "Do you want to go for a swim in the lake?"
},
{
"text": "The trees around the lake were large and old."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
"verb + lake": ["cross", "overlook"],
"lake + noun": ["shore", "bed", "bottom"],
"preposition": [
"across a/the lake",
"around a/the lake",
"round a/the lake"
],
"phrases": [
"the edge of the lake",
"the middle of the lake",
"the shores of the lake"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/leɪk/",
"audio": "la/lake/lake__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/leɪk/",
"audio": "la/lake/lake__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Old English (denoting a pond or pool), from Old French lac, from Latin lacus ‘basin, pool, lake’."
}