word-vault/dist/data/cards/wa/wasp.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "wasp",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/in/insects.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a black and yellow flying insect that can sting",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a wasp sting"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wasps’ nest"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Insects, worms, etc."],
            "collocations": {
                "wasp + verb": ["crawl", "fly", "sting somebody"],
                "wasp + noun": ["sting", "nest"],
                "phrases": ["a wasp’s nest"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɒsp/",
                "audio": "wa/wasp/wasp__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɑːsp/",
                "audio": "wa/wasp/wasp__us_3_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wæfs, wæps, wæsp, of West Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vespa; perhaps related to weave (from the web-like form of its nest)."
}