{
    "term": "cereal",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/ce/cereals.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "one of various types of grass that produce grains that can be eaten or are used to make flour or bread. wheat, barley and rye are all cereals.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "cereal crops"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Farming"],
            "collocations": {
                "cereal + noun": ["crop", "foods", "grain"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the grain produced by cereal crops",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "cereal + noun": ["crop", "foods", "grain"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "food made from the grain of cereals, often eaten for breakfast with milk",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "breakfast cereals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bowl of cereal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have cereal for breakfast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wholewheat cereal fortified with B-group vitamins"
                },
                {
                    "text": "fortified breakfast cereals"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["breakfast", "bran", "high-fibre/​high-fiber"],
                "… of cereal": ["bowl", "box", "packet"],
                "verb + cereal": ["eat", "have"],
                "cereal + noun": ["bowl", "box", "packet"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪəriəl/",
                "audio": "ce/cereal/cereal__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪriəl/",
                "audio": "ce/cereal/cereal__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin cerealis, from Ceres, the goddess of agriculture in Roman mythology."
}