{
    "term": "strip",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/sp/sports_team.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long narrow piece of paper, metal, cloth, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a strip of material"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cut the meat into strips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wallpaper can then be torn off in strips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a card with a magnetic strip on the back"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cut a strip of paper 12cm wide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His hands were tied behind his back with a strip of fabric."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a narrow strip of leather"
                },
                {
                    "text": "grilled chicken strips"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long", "narrow", "thin"],
                "strip + noun": ["steak"],
                "preposition": ["in strips", "strip of"],
                "phrases": ["cut something into strips", "tear something into strips"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a long narrow area of land, sea, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Gaza Strip"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a tiny strip of garden"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The islands are separated by a narrow strip of water."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long", "narrow", "thin"],
                "strip + noun": ["steak"],
                "preposition": ["in strips", "strip of"],
                "phrases": ["cut something into strips", "tear something into strips"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the uniform that is worn by the members of a sports team when they are playing",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Juventus in their famous black and white strip"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the team’s **away strip** *(= that they use when playing games away from home)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an act of taking your clothes off, especially in a sexually exciting way and in front of an audience",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to do a strip"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a strip show"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "strip + noun": ["bar", "club", "joint"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a street that has many shops, stores, restaurants, etc. along it",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sunset Strip"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a series of drawings inside boxes that tell a story and are often published in newspapers",
            "labels": "(North American English)(both British and North American English)British English also",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to speak angrily to somebody who has done something wrong",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/strɪp/",
                "audio": "st/strip/strip__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/strɪp/",
                "audio": "st/strip/strip__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 2 and noun senses 5 to 6 late Middle English: from or related to Middle Low German strippe ‘strap, thong’, probably also to stripe. noun senses 3 to 4 Middle English (as a verb): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stropen. Sense (3) of the noun arose in the late 20th cent., possibly from the notion of clothing to which a player “strips” down."
}