{
    "term": "salad",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vegetables_salad.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a mixture of raw vegetables such as lettuce, tomato and cucumber, usually served with other food as part of a meal",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All main courses come with salad or vegetables."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is cold meat and salad OK for lunch?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **side salad** *(= a small bowl of salad served with the main course of a meal)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **salad bowl** *(= a large bowl for serving salad in)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a salad sandwich"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Toss the salad with the dressing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tossed and dressed the salad."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sandwiches came with a rather limp salad garnish."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fresh", "crisp", "crunchy"],
                "verb + salad": ["eat", "make", "prepare"],
                "salad + noun": ["greens", "leaves", "cream"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "meat, fish, cheese, etc. served with salad",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a chicken/tuna/seafood/egg salad"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fresh", "crisp", "crunchy"],
                "verb + salad": ["eat", "make", "prepare"],
                "salad + noun": ["greens", "leaves", "cream"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "raw or cooked vegetables, etc. that are cut into small pieces, often mixed with mayonnaise and served cold with other food",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "potato salad"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pasta salad"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fresh", "crisp", "crunchy"],
                "verb + salad": ["eat", "make", "prepare"],
                "salad + noun": ["greens", "leaves", "cream"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "any green vegetable, especially lettuce, that is eaten raw in a salad",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "salad plants/leaves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "baby octopus served with salad greens"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sow salads like lettuce, rocket and spring onions."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fresh", "crisp", "crunchy"],
                "verb + salad": ["eat", "make", "prepare"],
                "salad + noun": ["greens", "leaves", "cream"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the time when you are young and do not have much experience of life",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsæləd/",
                "audio": "sa/salad/salad__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsæləd/",
                "audio": "sa/salad/salad__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French salade, from Provençal salada, based on Latin sal ‘salt’."
}