{
    "term": "lake",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/mo/mountains.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a large area of water that is surrounded by land",
            "sensetop": "in a lakeon a lake",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We swam in the lake.",
                    "contextForm": "in a lake"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were a number of boats on the lake.",
                    "contextForm": "on a lake"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We stayed in a hotel on the edge of Lake Ontario."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wine lake *(= a large supply of wine that is not being used)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A ferry takes people across the lake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Carp live in the lake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She fell into the lake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a cafe on the other side of the lake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had a holiday at Lake Como."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spent a weekend at Lake Crystal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We walked around the lake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We went boating on the lake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should cross the lake before nightfall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cottage on the lake"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a hill overlooking the lake"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you want to go for a swim in the lake?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trees around the lake were large and old."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
                "verb + lake": ["cross", "overlook"],
                "lake + noun": ["shore", "bed", "bottom"],
                "preposition": [
                    "across a/​the lake",
                    "around a/​the lake",
                    "round a/​the lake"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "the edge of the lake",
                    "the middle of the lake",
                    "the shores of the lake"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/leɪk/",
                "audio": "la/lake/lake__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/leɪk/",
                "audio": "la/lake/lake__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English (denoting a pond or pool), from Old French lac, from Latin lacus ‘basin, pool, lake’."
}