{
    "term": "carrot",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vegetables_root.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long pointed orange root vegetable",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "grated carrot"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a slice of carrot cake"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pound of carrots"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bag of baby carrots"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a glass of carrot juice"
                },
                {
                    "text": "carrot sticks *(= long thin pieces)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["raw", "cooked", "steamed"],
                "verb + carrot": ["eat", "have", "cook"],
                "carrot + noun": ["top", "cake", "juice"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a reward promised to somebody in order to persuade them to do something",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They are holding out a carrot of $120 million in economic aid."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even with the carrot of a free lunch it is unlikely that many people will turn up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a market economy profits are the carrot that encourages firms to take risks."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "incentive",
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + carrot": ["dangle", "hold out", "offer (somebody)"],
                "phrases": ["a carrot and stick"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you use the carrot and stick approach, you persuade somebody to try harder by offering them a reward if they do, or a punishment if they do not",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The emphasis is on the carrot of incentive rather than the stick of taxes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to adopt the carrot-and-stick approach"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He decided to use the carrot and stick approach."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkærət/",
                "audio": "ca/carrot/carrot__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkærət/",
                "audio": "ca/carrot/carrot__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from French carotte, from Latin carota, from Greek karōton."
}