{
    "term": "ankle",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/bo/body.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the joint connecting the foot to the leg; the narrow part of the leg just above the ankle joint",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **sprain/break/twist your ankle**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She suffered a serious **ankle injury** in training."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to have a broken/twisted/fractured/sprained ankle"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**ankle boots** *(= that cover the ankle)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We found ourselves **ankle-deep** in water *(= the water came up to our ankles)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My ankles have swollen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The injury required surgery on his right ankle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He will wear an electronic **ankle bracelet**, which allows police to track him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had a broken ankle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has long legs and slender ankles."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bad", "broken", "injured"],
                "verb + ankle": ["break", "fracture", "hurt"],
                "ankle + noun": ["injury", "sprain", "bone"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæŋkl/",
                "audio": "an/ankle/ankle__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæŋkl/",
                "audio": "an/ankle/ankle__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English ancleow, of Germanic origin; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old Norse; related to Dutch enkel and German Enkel, from an Indo-European root shared by the noun angle."
}