{
    "term": "drum",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/mu/music_percussion_instruments.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a musical instrument made of a hollow round frame with plastic or skin stretched tightly across one or both ends. You play it by hitting it with sticks or with your hands.",
            "sensetop": "on drums",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **play the drum**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I used to **play drums** in a band."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tony Cox on drums",
                    "contextForm": "on drums"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a slow **drum beat **"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a great crash and then a long roll of drums."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bass", "bongo", "electronic"],
                "verb + drum": ["bang", "beat", "hit"],
                "drum + noun": ["kit", "set", "stick"],
                "phrases": ["a roll of drums"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a large container for oil or chemicals that is like a cylinder in shape",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a 50 gallon drum"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an oil drum"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hazardous waste is stored in drums until it can be disposed of."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a thing that is like a drum in shape, especially part of a machine",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The mixture flows to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to speak with enthusiasm in support of somebody/something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She’s really banging the drum for the new system."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/drʌm/",
                "audio": "dr/drum/drum__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/drʌm/",
                "audio": "dr/drum/drum__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin."
}