{
    "term": "garlic",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vegetables_misc.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a vegetable of the onion family with a very strong taste and smell, used in cooking to add taste to food",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **clove of garlic** *(= one section of it)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fry the chopped onion and crushed garlic for 3 minutes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fresh", "raw", "wild"],
                "… of garlic": ["clove"],
                "verb + garlic": ["peel", "chop", "crush"],
                "garlic + noun": ["bulb", "clove", "bread"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡɑːlɪk/",
                "audio": "ga/garlic/garlic__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡɑːrlɪk/",
                "audio": "ga/garlic/garlic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English gārlēac, from gār ‘spear’ (because the shape of a clove resembles the head of a spear) + lēac ‘leek’."
}