{
    "term": "yellow",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having the colour of lemons or butter",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "pale yellow flowers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **bright yellow** waterproof jacket"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her teeth were rather yellow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wore a pale yellow dress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leaves turn yellow in November."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["creamy", "dirty", "sickly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a very offensive word used to describe the light brown skin of people from some East Asian countries",
            "labels": "(taboo, offensive)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "easily frightened",
            "labels": "(informal, disapproving)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjeləʊ/",
                "audio": "ye/yellow/yellow__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjeləʊ/",
                "audio": "ye/yellow/yellow__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold."
}