See sliver on Wiktionary
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],
[
"sharp",
"sharp"
],
[
"slender",
"slender"
],
[
"fragment",
"fragment"
],
[
"splinter",
"splinter"
]
],
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],
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{
"word": "shard"
},
{
"word": "slice"
},
{
"word": "splinter"
},
{
"word": "spelk"
},
{
"word": "spill"
}
],
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"Canada",
"Essex",
"Kent"
]
},
{
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],
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[
"strand",
"strand"
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[
"slender",
"slender"
],
[
"roll",
"roll"
],
[
"cotton",
"cotton"
],
[
"fiber",
"fiber"
],
[
"loose",
"loose"
],
[
"twist",
"twist"
],
[
"carding machine",
"carding machine"
],
[
"roving",
"roving"
],
[
"slub",
"slub"
],
[
"precede",
"precede"
],
[
"spin",
"spin"
]
]
},
{
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],
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"Bait made of pieces of small fish."
],
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[
"fishing",
"fishing#Noun"
],
[
"Bait",
"bait"
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],
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],
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"fishing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"New York English"
],
"glosses": [
"A narrow high-rise apartment building."
],
"links": [
[
"high-rise",
"high-rise"
],
[
"apartment",
"apartment"
]
],
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],
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"New-York",
"US"
]
},
{
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],
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[
"drop in the bucket",
"drop in the bucket"
],
[
"shred",
"shred"
]
],
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{
"word": "ounce"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "atom"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "thought"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "atomy"
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{
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"tags": [
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "damn"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "glint"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "dot"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "spatter"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "drop"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "dusting"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "hint"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "flip"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "grain"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "hooter"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "iota"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "jot"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "modicum"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "molecule"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "morceau"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "semblance"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "scrap"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
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{
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"word": "sprinkling"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "strain"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "vestige"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
"word": "whiff"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:modicum",
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈslɪvəɾ/",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "treska",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "lièpiàn",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "裂片"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "odštěpek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tříska"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "odřezek"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "säle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "tikku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "écharde"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "éclat"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estela"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "acha"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Splitter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kleiner Teil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kleines Stück"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spreißel"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "flís"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flaski"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "scheggia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "frammento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scaglia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spezzone"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "jogak",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "조각"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"lang_code": "ltg",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skaida"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"lang_code": "ltg",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ževers"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skaida"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "hōripi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "kōripi"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"lang_code": "pdt",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spekja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lasca"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "surcea"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "așchie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ščépka",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ще́пка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "oskólok",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "оско́лок"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "trieska"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "štiepka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trska"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "astilla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tira"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esquirla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rebanadita"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "flisa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "speta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "sticka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "speta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "sticka"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"lang_code": "txb",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "ṣat"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "kıymık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "ince dilim"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"lang_code": "zza",
"sense": "long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment",
"word": "qırm"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "vălmo",
"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вълмо"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
"word": "kuontalo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Band"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Faserband"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
"word": "kordon"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "strand or slender roll of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state",
"word": "şerit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "bait made of pieces of small fish",
"word": "languette"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "bait made of pieces of small fish",
"word": "cebo lengüeta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "bait made of pieces of small fish",
"word": "livagn"
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"sense": "New York: narrow high-rise apartment building",
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