{
    "term": "stall",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a table or small shop with an open front that people sell things from, especially at a market",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He works on a **market stall** in the Square."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have a fish stall on the market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Drinks were being sold from makeshift stalls at the side of the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a flower stall in the market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bought this trout at the market fish stall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who's going to man the stall at lunchtime?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a stall selling second-hand books"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the man behind the stall"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have a flower stall at the market."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "stand",
            "topics": ["Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["market", "roadside", "bric-a-brac"],
                "verb + stall": ["have", "put up", "set out"],
                "stall + verb": ["sell something"],
                "stall + noun": ["holder", "keeper"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the stall", "behind the stall"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a section inside a farm building that is large enough for one animal to be kept in",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We had to muck out stalls and groom the horses."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Farming"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["empty", "bathroom", "shower"],
                "verb + stall": ["clean", "muck", "muck out"],
                "stall + noun": ["door"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a small area in a room, surrounded by glass, walls, etc., that contains a shower or toilet",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a bathroom stall"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["empty", "bathroom", "shower"],
                "verb + stall": ["clean", "muck", "muck out"],
                "stall + noun": ["door"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the seats that are nearest to the stage in a theatre",
            "labels": "(both British English)North American English",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the front row of the stalls"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the seats at the front of a church where the choir (= singers) and priests sit",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a situation in which a vehicle’s engine suddenly stops because it is not getting enough power",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a situation in which an aircraft loses speed and goes steeply downwards",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The plane went into a stall."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stɔːl/",
                "audio": "st/stall/stall__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stɔːl/",
                "audio": "st/stall/stall__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English steall ‘stable or cattle shed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stal, also to stand. Early senses of the verb included ‘reside, dwell’ and ‘bring to a halt’."
}