{
    "term": "ink",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "coloured liquid for writing, drawing and printing",
            "sensetop": "in ink",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "written in ink",
                    "contextForm": "in ink"
                },
                {
                    "text": "different coloured inks"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Allow the ink to dry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be careful. The ink is still wet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wrote very neatly in blue ink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people now use ballpoints rather than ink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drawback of this printer is that the ink tends to smudge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were several alterations in ink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to replace the ink cartridge in the printer."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["wet", "coloured/​colored", "black"],
                "verb + ink": ["use", "write in", "apply"],
                "ink + verb": ["dry"],
                "ink + noun": ["blot", "spot", "stain"],
                "preposition": ["in ink"],
                "phrases": ["pen and ink"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a tattoo or tattoos (= pictures or designs marked permanently on a person's skin)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She likes to wear clothes that show off her ink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lifted up his shirt so that we could see his two new inks."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪŋk/",
                "audio": "in/ink/ink__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪŋk/",
                "audio": "in/ink/ink__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English enke, inke, from Old French enque, via late Latin from Greek enkauston, denoting the purple ink used by Roman emperors for signatures, from enkaiein ‘burn in’."
}