"food colouring" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "food colourings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "food colouring (countable and uncountable, plural food colourings)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Add a few drops of blue food colouring to the icing."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any substance added to food in order to change its colour."
      ],
      "id": "en-food_colouring-en-noun-9qutNZSe",
      "links": [
        [
          "colour",
          "colour"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "food coloring"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shíyòng sèsù",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "word": "食用色素"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "farvestof"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kulør"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "word": "toiduvärv"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "word": "elintarvikeväri"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Lebensmittelfarbstoff"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chrostikí trofímon",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "χρωστική τροφίμων"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "corante alimentar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "corante alimentício"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "piščevój krasítelʹ",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пищево́й краси́тель"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǐi-pà-sǒm-aa-hǎan",
          "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
          "word": "สีผสมอาหาร"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "food colouring"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "food colouring"
}

{
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    {
      "form": "food colourings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "food colouring (countable and uncountable, plural food colourings)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Russian terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Add a few drops of blue food colouring to the icing."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any substance added to food in order to change its colour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colour",
          "colour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "food colouring"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "food coloring"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíyòng sèsù",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "word": "食用色素"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "farvestof"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kulør"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "word": "toiduvärv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "word": "elintarvikeväri"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lebensmittelfarbstoff"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chrostikí trofímon",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χρωστική τροφίμων"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corante alimentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corante alimentício"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "piščevój krasítelʹ",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пищево́й краси́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǐi-pà-sǒm-aa-hǎan",
      "sense": "any substance added to food in order to change its colour",
      "word": "สีผสมอาหาร"
    }
  ],
  "word": "food colouring"
}