{
    "term": "rice",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ce/cereals.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "short, narrow white or brown grain grown on wet land in hot countries as food; the plant that produces this grain",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a grain of rice"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**boiled/steamed/fried rice**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "long-/short-grain rice"
                },
                {
                    "text": "sticky/basmati/wild rice"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**brown rice** *(= without its outer layer removed)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**rice paddies** *(= rice fields)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a spicy rice dish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "rice flour/noodles/cakes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no need to keep the rice field flooded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dish is served with rice."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food", "Farming"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["brown", "red", "white"],
                "… of rice": ["grain", "bag", "sack"],
                "verb + rice": ["cultivate", "grow", "produce"],
                "rice + noun": ["crop", "production", "farmer"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/raɪs/",
                "audio": "ri/rice/rice__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/raɪs/",
                "audio": "ri/rice/rice__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Greek oruza."
}