{
    "term": "pepper",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vegetables_salad.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a powder made from dried berries (called peppercorns), used to give a hot, spicy taste to food",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Season with **salt and pepper**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "freshly **ground pepper**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "sirloin steak with a pepper sauce"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Add salt and pepper to taste."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He put some pepper on his steak."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["crushed", "ground", "cracked"],
                "verb + pepper": ["add", "put in", "put on"],
                "pepper + noun": ["grinder", "mill", "pot"],
                "phrases": ["salt and pepper"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a hollow fruit, usually red, green or yellow, eaten as a vegetable either raw or cooked",
            "labels": "(British English)British English, North American EnglishNorth American English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He gave me a great recipe for stuffed peppers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "peppers stuffed with meat and rice"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bell", "sweet", "chilli/​chili"],
                "verb + pepper": ["chop", "cut", "slice"],
                "pepper + noun": ["sauce", "plant", "tree"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpepə(r)/",
                "audio": "pe/pepper/pepper__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpepər/",
                "audio": "pe/pepper/pepper__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English piper, pipor, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippalī ‘berry, peppercorn’."
}