See HB on Wiktionary
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"(health) Initialism of homebirth."
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"medicine",
"sciences"
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"(stars) Initialism of horizontal branch."
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"(health) Initialism of homebirth."
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"medicine",
"sciences"
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"text": "HB2"
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"law",
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[
"politics",
"politics"
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"house",
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"house"
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"word": "halfback"
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"en:Football (American)"
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"Initialism of halfback."
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"American football",
"American football"
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[
"halfback",
"halfback#English"
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"(American football) Initialism of halfback."
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"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
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"Initialism of horizontal bar."
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"english": "apparatus for distilling moonshine",
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"word": "hjemmebrent"
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"english": "\"Wall of ignorance\" when the sheriff wants to investigate HB. Moonshining at the Auraanlegg in all years",
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"text": "«Mur av uvidenhet» når lensmannen vil efterforske HB. Hjemmebrenning på Auraanlegget i alle år",
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"english": "Did anyone get moonshine?",
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"type": "example"
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Download raw JSONL data for HB meaning in All languages combined (13.0kB)
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"path": [
"HB"
],
"section": "English",
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