{
    "term": "garden",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of land next to or around your house where you can grow flowers, fruit, vegetables, etc., usually with a lawn (= an area of grass)",
            "sensetop": "in the garden",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **front/back/rear garden**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **vegetable garden**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rose garden *(= where only  are grown)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The main bedroom **overlooks the garden**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "children playing in the garden",
                    "contextForm": "in the garden"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **garden shed**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "garden flowers/plants"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has created a garden out of a wilderness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The garden is laid out in 18th-century style."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hung out the washing in the back garden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We got someone to design the garden for us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We planted the garden with herbs and wild flowers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Weekends were spent doing the garden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a large country house with beautiful landscaped gardens"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lovely Victorian walled garden"
                },
                {
                    "text": "aphids, one of the commonest garden pests"
                },
                {
                    "text": "plants suitable for a small town garden"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ease of cultivation makes it one of the best garden plants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They planted a garden of woodland plants that were native to the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sat in the garden and enjoyed the sunshine."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Gardens"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beautiful", "lovely", "pretty"],
                "verb + garden": ["create", "design", "lay out"],
                "garden + noun": ["flower", "plant", "soil"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the garden", "into a/​the garden"],
                "phrases": ["the bottom of the garden", "the end of the garden"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an area in a yard where you grow flowers or plants",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These flowers brighten up backyard gardens all over the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Old Mr Kenyon still keeps a garden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Maggie unwound the hose and watered the garden."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beautiful", "lovely", "pretty"],
                "verb + garden": ["create", "design", "lay out"],
                "garden + noun": ["flower", "plant", "soil"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the garden", "into a/​the garden"],
                "phrases": ["the bottom of the garden", "the end of the garden"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a public park",
            "sensetop": "in the gardens",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of people now visit the gardens every year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The concert will take place in the gardens.",
                    "contextForm": "in the gardens"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beautiful", "lovely", "pretty"],
                "verb + garden": ["create", "design", "lay out"],
                "garden + noun": ["flower", "plant", "soil"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the garden", "into a/​the garden"],
                "phrases": ["the bottom of the garden", "the end of the garden"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used in the name of streets",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "39 Belvoir Gardens"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "ordinary; with no special features",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "everything is fine",
            "labels": "(British English, saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody believe something that is not true",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡɑːdn/",
                "audio": "ga/garden/garden__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡɑːrdn/",
                "audio": "ga/garden/garden__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Northern French gardin, variant of Old French jardin, of Germanic origin; related to yard ‘area outside a building’."
}