{
    "term": "ski",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/sp/sports_winter.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "one of a pair of long narrow pieces of wood, metal or plastic that you attach to boots so that you can move smoothly over snow",
            "sensetop": "on skis",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pair of skis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All skis should be waxed on a frequent basis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children go to school on skis.",
                    "contextForm": "on skis"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["alpine", "backcountry", "cross-country"],
                "… of skis": ["pair"],
                "verb + ski": ["put on", "remove", "take off"],
                "ski + noun": ["pole", "stick", "boot"],
                "preposition": ["on skis"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "either of the pair of long flat boards on which a person stands in order to waterski",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skiː/",
                "audio": "sk/ski/ski__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skiː/",
                "audio": "sk/ski/ski__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 18th cent.: from Norwegian, from Old Norse skíth ‘billet, snowshoe’."
}