{
    "term": "cheese",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a type of food made from milk that can be either soft or hard and is usually white or yellow in colour; a particular type of this food",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Cheddar cheese"
                },
                {
                    "text": "goat’s cheese *(= made from the milk of a )*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **cheese sandwich**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a piece/slice/block of cheese"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had cheese on toast *(= toasted* bread covered in melted cheese) for lunch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a selection of French cheeses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cheese knife *(= a knife with a special curved blade with two points on the end, used for cutting and picking up pieces of cheese)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a snack of bread and cheese"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wedge/hunk/chunk of cheese"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cheese sauce/salad"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cut the cheese into cubes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sprinkle the cheese over the beans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sprinkle the potatoes with grated cheese and grill for a few minutes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hard", "soft", "sharp"],
                "… of cheese": ["chunk", "hunk", "lump"],
                "verb + cheese": ["make", "cut", "grate"],
                "cheese + noun": ["fondue", "omelette", "roll"],
                "phrases": [
                    "bread and cheese",
                    "cheese and biscuits",
                    "cheese and crackers"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "what you ask somebody to say before you take their photograph",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an important and powerful person, especially in an organization",
            "labels": "(informal, humorous)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if two people or things are like chalk and cheese or as different as chalk and cheese, they are completely different from each other",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Frank and I will never get along. We’re chalk and cheese."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used as a way of saying that you are sorry about something, usually ironically (= you really mean the opposite)",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃiːz/",
                "audio": "ch/cheese/cheese__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃiːz/",
                "audio": "ch/cheese/cheese__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English cēse, cȳse, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaas and German Käse; from Latin caseus."
}