{
    "term": "craft",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an activity involving a special skill at making things with your hands",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "traditional crafts like basket-weaving"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **craft fair/workshop**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sheep shearing is a highly skilled craft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Subjects taught include art and craft, drama, and languages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The men practised various traditional crafts, such as carving toys out of bone."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping", "Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["skilled", "ancient", "traditional"],
                "verb + craft": ["practise/​practice"],
                "craft + noun": ["activity", "project", "work"],
                "phrases": ["art and craft", "arts and crafts"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "all the skills needed for a particular activity",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "chefs who learned their craft in top hotels"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the writer’s craft"
                },
                {
                    "text": "comedians plying their craft for an agency"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a carpenter who is a real master of his craft"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + craft": ["hone", "learn", "master"],
                "phrases": ["a master of your craft"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "skill in making people believe what you want them to believe",
            "labels": "(formal, disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He knew how to win by craft and diplomacy what he could not gain by force."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a boat or ship",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Hundreds of small craft bobbed around the liner as it steamed into the harbour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **landing/pleasure craft**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["small", "assault", "fishing"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "an aircraft or spacecraft",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/krɑːft/",
                "audio": "cr/craft/craft__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kræft/",
                "audio": "cr/craft/craft__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English cræft ‘strength, skill’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kracht, German Kraft, and Swedish kraft ‘strength’. Sense (4), originally in the expression small craft ‘small trading vessels’, may be elliptical, referring to vessels requiring a small amount of “craft” or skill to handle, as opposed to large ocean-going ships."
}