{
    "term": "jam",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar, often sold in jars and spread on bread",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "strawberry jam"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a jar/pot of jam"
                },
                {
                    "text": "recipes for jams and preserves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a jam doughnut"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["home-made", "apricot", "raspberry"],
                "… of jam": ["dollop", "jar", "pot"],
                "verb + jam": ["make", "spread (something with)"],
                "jam + noun": ["jar", "doughnut", "sandwich"],
                "phrases": ["bread and jam"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are so many people or vehicles in one particular place",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bus was delayed in a five-mile jam."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As fans rushed to leave, jams formed at all the exits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were stuck in a jam for an hour."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a situation in which a machine does not work because something is stuck in one position",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's a paper jam in the photocopier."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used by the media to describe people who do not have much money to live on (the abbreviation for just about managing)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "JAMs may be in work, but are struggling to pay for essentials such as food, heating or rent."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in a difficult situation",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "good things that are promised for the future but never happen",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "money that is earned very easily, for something that needs little effort",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The job only took about an hour—it was money for jam."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒæm/",
                "audio": "ja/jam/jam__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒæm/",
                "audio": "ja/jam/jam__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 2 to 3 early 18th cent.: probably symbolic; compare with cram noun sense 1 mid 18th cent.: perhaps from jam (verb)."
}