word-vault/dist/data/cards/sp/spider.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "spider",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/ar/arachnids.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a small creature with eight thin legs. Many spiders spin webs to catch insects for food.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a poisonous spider"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stared in horror at the hairy black spider."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the film, giant spiders attack a town in Arizona."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was bitten by a spider."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Insects, worms, etc."],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
                "spider + verb": ["make a web", "spin a web", "weave a web"],
                "spider + noun": ["silk", "web"],
                "phrases": ["a spider’s web"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspaɪdə(r)/",
                "audio": "sp/spider/spider__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspaɪdər/",
                "audio": "sp/spider/spider__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English spīthra, from spinnan ‘draw out and twist (fibre)’; related to German spinnen."
}