{
    "term": "pudding",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's for pudding?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I haven't made a pudding today."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food", "Cooking and eating"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a hot sweet dish, often like a cake, made from flour, fat and eggs with fruit, jam, etc. in or on it",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "treacle pudding"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a hot dish like a pie with soft pastry made from flour, fat and eggs and usually filled with meat",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a steak and kidney pudding"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a cold dessert (= a sweet dish) like cream that tastes of fruit, chocolate, etc.",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "chocolate pudding"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you think somebody has done more than is necessary, or has added unnecessary details to make something seem better or worse than it really is",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If you're telling lies, keep it simple—never over-egg the pudding."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "you can only judge if something is good or bad when you have tried it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpʊdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pu/pudding/pudding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpʊdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pu/pudding/pudding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting a sausage such as black pudding): apparently from Old French boudin ‘black pudding’, from Latin botellus ‘sausage, small intestine’."
}