{
    "term": "bacon",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "meat from the back or sides of a pig that has been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke), usually served in thin slices",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a rasher of bacon"
                },
                {
                    "text": "bacon and eggs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**smoked/unsmoked bacon**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fry the bacon until crisp."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll have two rashers of bacon and a fried egg."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A whole side of bacon was hanging from a hook on the ceiling."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lean", "streaky", "back"],
                "… of bacon": ["bit", "piece", "rasher"],
                "verb + bacon": ["cook", "fry", "grill"],
                "bacon + noun": ["fat", "grease", "rind"],
                "phrases": ["bacon, lettuce and tomato"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be successful at something; to earn money for your family to live on",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His friends had all gone to college or were bringing home the bacon."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to rescue somebody from a very difficult situation",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's out to save his own political neck."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbeɪkən/",
                "audio": "ba/bacon/bacon__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbeɪkən/",
                "audio": "ba/bacon/bacon__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from a Germanic word meaning ‘ham, flitch’; related to back."
}