{
    "term": "lump",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of something hard or solid, usually without a particular shape",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a lump of coal/cheese/wood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This sauce has lumps in it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a heavy lump of clay"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He put a few more lumps of coal on the fire."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "giant", "great"],
                "verb + lump": ["have", "detect", "discover"],
                "lump + verb": ["form", "grow"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a small cube of sugar, used in cups of tea or coffee",
            "labels": "(informal)(British English)North American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "One lump or two?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a swelling (= an area that is larger and rounder than normal) under the skin, sometimes a sign of serious illness",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was unhurt apart from a lump on his head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Check your breasts for lumps every month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's developed a painful lump on his neck."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt a lump in her breast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Surgeons operated to remove the lump."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tests confirmed the lump was cancerous."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "giant", "great"],
                "verb + lump": ["have", "detect", "discover"],
                "lump + verb": ["form", "grow"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a heavy, lazy or stupid person",
            "labels": "(especially British English, informal, disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Come on, you big lump—time to get up."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to feel pressure in the throat because you are very angry or emotional",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to accept bad things that happen to you without complaining",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We made mistakes but we took our lumps."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lʌmp/",
                "audio": "lu/lump/lump__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lʌmp/",
                "audio": "lu/lump/lump__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun Middle English: perhaps from a Germanic base meaning ‘shapeless piece’; compare with Danish lump ‘lump’, Norwegian and Swedish dialect lump ‘block, log’, and Dutch lomp ‘rag’."
}