See mould on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"California",
"Southern"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/məʉld/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[məʉɫd]",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-mould.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/En-au-mould.ogg/En-au-mould.ogg.mp3",
"note": "Queensland",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/En-au-mould.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɐʉld/",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊld"
}
],
"word": "mould"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/əʊld",
"Rhymes:English/əʊld/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": "4",
"forms": [
{
"form": "moulds",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mould (plural moulds)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Commonwealth English"
],
"glosses": [
"Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”)."
],
"links": [
[
"mold",
"mold#English:_top_of_the_head"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/məʊld/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/moʊld/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[moːɫd]",
"note": "some speakers",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mould.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/En-us-mould.ogg/En-us-mould.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/En-us-mould.ogg",
"tags": [
"California",
"Southern"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/məʉld/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[məʉɫd]",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-mould.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/En-au-mould.ogg/En-au-mould.ogg.mp3",
"note": "Queensland",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/En-au-mould.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɐʉld/",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊld"
}
],
"word": "mould"
}
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