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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "soap",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a substance that you use with water for washing your body",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Wash the affected area with **soap and water**."
},
{
"text": "a bar/cake of soap"
},
{
"text": "soap bubbles"
},
{
"text": "a soap dish"
},
{
"text": "Avoid using perfumed soaps on sensitive skin."
},
{
"text": "Clean the wound with mild antibacterial soap."
},
{
"text": "I switched to liquid shower gel from bar soap."
}
],
"topics": ["Appearance"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["gentle", "mild", "perfumed"],
"… of soap": ["bar", "cake"],
"verb + soap": ["use", "wash (something) with"],
"soap + noun": ["powder", "bubble", "suds"],
"phrases": ["soap and water"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a soap opera (= a story about the lives and problems of a group of people that is broadcast every day or several times a week on television or radio)",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "soaps on TV"
},
{
"text": "She's a US soap star."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səʊp/",
"audio": "so/soap/soap__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səʊp/",
"audio": "so/soap/soap__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English sāpe, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeep and German Seife. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent."
}