{
    "term": "mask",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/ma/masks.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "something that you wear over your face to hide it, or to frighten or entertain other people",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The robbers wore stocking masks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kids were all wearing animal masks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the second part of the play, the actors take off their masks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The man's face was hidden by a mask."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two eyes glared at him from beneath the mask."
                },
                {
                    "text": "two men in black masks"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["face", "facial", "full-face"],
                "verb + mask": ["have on", "wear", "don"],
                "mask + verb": [
                    "conceal something",
                    "cover something",
                    "hide something"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "behind a/​the mask",
                    "beneath a/​the mask",
                    "in a/​the mask"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that you wear over part or all of your face in order to protect it",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a fencing mask"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare", "Sports: water sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["face", "facial", "full-face"],
                "verb + mask": ["have on", "wear", "don"],
                "mask + verb": [
                    "conceal something",
                    "cover something",
                    "hide something"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "behind a/​the mask",
                    "beneath a/​the mask",
                    "in a/​the mask"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a thick cream made of various substances that you put on your face and neck in order to improve the quality of your skin",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a face mask"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a manner or an expression that hides your true character or feelings",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He longed to throw off the mask of respectability."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her face was a cold, blank mask."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For a moment her mask slipped, and I saw how scared she really was."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was hiding behind a mask of indifference but she wasn't fooled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His fooling around is a mask for his lack of confidence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He looked at me, his face a mask of innocence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mask of politeness slipped for a moment."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["blank", "cold", "emotionless"],
                "mask + verb": ["slip"],
                "preposition": ["behind a/​the mask", "mask for"],
                "phrases": ["a mask of indifference"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɑːsk/",
                "audio": "ma/mask/mask__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mæsk/",
                "audio": "ma/mask/mask__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from French masque, from Italian maschera, mascara, probably from medieval Latin masca ‘witch, spectre’, but influenced by Arabic mask̲ara ‘buffoon’."
}