{
    "term": "cooking",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/co/cooking.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the process of preparing food by heating it",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My husband does all the cooking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a book on Indian cooking"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We always use olive oil for cooking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cooking is her passion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I use yogurt a lot in cooking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stir the mixture to prevent the beans sticking to the bottom during cooking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who does most of the cooking in your house?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating", "Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "gourmet", "great"],
                "verb + cooking": ["do"],
                "cooking + noun": ["oil", "show"],
                "preposition": ["during cooking", "in cooking"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "food that has been prepared in a particular way",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The restaurant offers traditional **home cooking** *(= food similar to that cooked at home)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They serve good French cooking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We enjoyed some of her gourmet cooking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her cooking is wonderful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I miss my mother's good home cooking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "traditional English cooking"
                },
                {
                    "text": "traditional southern cooking"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "gourmet", "great"],
                "verb + cooking": ["do"],
                "cooking + noun": ["oil", "show"],
                "preposition": ["during cooking", "in cooking"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʊkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/cooking/cooking__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʊkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/cooking/cooking__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}