{
    "term": "pencil",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/st/stationery.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a narrow piece of wood, or a metal or plastic case, containing a black or coloured substance, used for drawing or writing",
            "sensetop": "in pencil",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll get a pencil and paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "coloured pencils"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I need to sharpen my pencil."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She scribbled a note in pencil.",
                    "contextForm": "in pencil"
                },
                {
                    "text": "margin notes in pencil"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each picture was carefully drawn with pencil and then colour was added."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pencil drawing/sketch"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["blunt", "sharp", "soft"],
                "verb + pencil": [
                    "draw (something) with",
                    "use",
                    "write (something) with"
                ],
                "pencil + noun": ["lead", "sharpener", "eraser"],
                "preposition": ["in pencil"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpensl/",
                "audio": "pe/pencil/pencil__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpensl/",
                "audio": "pe/pencil/pencil__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting a fine paintbrush): from Old French pincel, from a diminutive of Latin peniculus ‘brush’, diminutive of penis ‘tail’. The verb was originally (early 16th cent.) in the sense ‘paint with a fine brush’."
}