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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "wooden",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "made of wood",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **wooden box/door/floor**"
},
{
"text": "This is a large double bedroom with polished wooden floorboards."
},
{
"text": "Behind the house was a small wooden hut."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not showing enough natural expression, emotion or movement",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The actor playing the father was too wooden."
},
{
"text": "Her voice sounded wooden and lifeless as she struggled to control her feelings."
},
{
"text": "His likeness in this painting is curiously wooden."
},
{
"text": "The director gets only wooden performances from the actors."
},
{
"text": "The film has wooden acting and an appalling script."
}
],
"synonyms": "stiff"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʊdn/",
"audio": "wo/wooden/wooden__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʊdn/",
"audio": "wo/wooden/wooden__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}