{
    "term": "beef",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "meat that comes from a cow",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**roast beef**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "beef and dairy cattle"
                },
                {
                    "text": "minced/ground beef"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a joint/fillet/cut of beef"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a beef farmer/producer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She carved the beef thinly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bought a kilo of very lean minced beef."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Choose cuts of beef that are suitable for roasting."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fresh", "lean", "fatty"],
                "… of beef": ["bit", "piece", "slice"],
                "verb + beef": ["eat", "boil", "braise"],
                "beef + noun": ["broth", "jerky", "stew"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a complaint",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's his latest beef?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/biːf/",
                "audio": "be/beef/beef__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/biːf/",
                "audio": "be/beef/beef__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French boef, from Latin bos, bov- ‘ox’."
}