{
    "term": "butter",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a soft yellow food made from cream, used in cooking and for spreading on bread",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Fry the onions in butter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pat/knob/tablespoon of butter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a stick *(= small pack)* of butter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Melt the butter in a small pan, add the flour and stir well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you want butter or margarine on your toast?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cream the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He put a large knob of butter on the potatoes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spread butter on the roll."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Put some butter on the crackers, please."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rub the butter into the flour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The butter melted in the heat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This butter doesn't spread very well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can make frosting out of half a stick of butter and two cups of powdered sugar."
                },
                {
                    "text": "courgettes sautéed in butter"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fresh", "creamy", "rancid"],
                "… of butter": ["knob", "pat", "slab"],
                "verb + butter": ["put on", "spread (something with)", "heat"],
                "butter + verb": ["spread", "melt"],
                "butter + noun": ["sauce", "dish", "knife"],
                "preposition": ["in butter"],
                "phrases": ["bread and butter"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody seems to be innocent, kind, etc. when they are not really",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "easily; without meeting any difficulty",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʌtə(r)/",
                "audio": "bu/butter/butter__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʌtər/",
                "audio": "bu/butter/butter__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon."
}