{
    "term": "lamb",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a young sheep",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Animals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["newborn", "little", "sacrificial"],
                "verb + lamb": ["kill", "slaughter", "sacrifice"],
                "lamb + verb": ["bleat", "frolic", "gambol"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "meat from a young sheep",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a leg of lamb"
                },
                {
                    "text": "lamb chops"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["spring", "ground", "minced"],
                "lamb + noun": ["chop", "cutlet", "shank"],
                "phrases": ["leg of lamb", "rack of lamb", "shoulder of lamb"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to describe or address somebody with love or sympathy",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You poor lamb!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to describe people who are going to do something dangerous without realizing it",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Danger"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you are going to be punished for doing something wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an offensive way to describe a woman who you think is trying to look younger than she really is, especially by wearing clothes that are designed for young people",
            "labels": "(British English, informal, offensive)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/læm/",
                "audio": "la/lamb/lamb__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/læm/",
                "audio": "la/lamb/lamb__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lam and German Lamm."
}