{
    "term": "soap",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a substance that you use with water for washing your body",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Wash the affected area with **soap and water**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bar/cake of soap"
                },
                {
                    "text": "soap bubbles"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a soap dish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Avoid using perfumed soaps on sensitive skin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Clean the wound with mild antibacterial soap."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I switched to liquid shower gel from bar soap."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["gentle", "mild", "perfumed"],
                "… of soap": ["bar", "cake"],
                "verb + soap": ["use", "wash (something) with"],
                "soap + noun": ["powder", "bubble", "suds"],
                "phrases": ["soap and water"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a soap opera (= a story about the lives and problems of a group of people that is broadcast every day or several times a week on television or radio)",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "soaps on TV"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a US soap star."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊp/",
                "audio": "so/soap/soap__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊp/",
                "audio": "so/soap/soap__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English sāpe, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeep and German Seife. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent."
}