{
    "term": "menu",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a list of the food that is available at a restaurant or to be served at a meal",
            "sensetop": "on the menu",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "May we have the menu?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to ask for/look at the menu"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the lunch/dinner menu"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's on the menu *(= for dinner)* tonight?",
                    "contextForm": "on the menu"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chef put together a special menu of drinks and dishes employing chocolate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many restaurants do a very reasonable set menu at lunchtime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Passengers are offered a daily choice of menu."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She completely changes her seasonal menus every few months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chef was chalking the daily specials on the menu board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The restaurant changes its menu every six months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a ten-course tasting menu"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["extensive", "limited", "full"],
                "verb + menu": ["consult", "have", "look at"],
                "menu + verb": [
                    "feature something",
                    "include something",
                    "offer something"
                ],
                "menu + noun": ["board", "choice", "selection"],
                "preposition": ["on the menu"],
                "phrases": ["a choice of menu"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a list of possible choices that are shown on a computer screen",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pull-down/pop-up menu"
                },
                {
                    "text": "When highlighted information is clicked, a pop-up menu appears."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I clicked on a **menu item** called ‘connect to server’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a menu option/button"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Go to the topic menu in the upper right-hand corner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "buttons that make it easy to navigate the on-screen menu"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can choose from a menu of options."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I clicked the icon in the start menu."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["drop-down", "pop-up", "pull-down"],
                "verb + menu": ["select something from", "go to", "access"],
                "menu + noun": ["bar", "item", "choice"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmenjuː/",
                "audio": "me/menu/menu__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmenjuː/",
                "audio": "me/menu/menu__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from French, ‘detailed list’ (noun use of menu ‘small, detailed’), from Latin minutus ‘very small’."
}