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"(obsolete) A lazy Susan."
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"word": "кухненски асансьор"
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"sense": "small elevator",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small elevator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Speisenaufzug"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small elevator",
"tags": [
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"word": "Speiseaufzug"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small elevator",
"word": "étellift"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "small elevator",
"tags": [
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"word": "montavivande"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small elevator",
"word": "criado-mudo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "small elevator",
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"word": "ascensor de bucătărie"
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"sense": "small elevator",
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"word": "lift de bucătărie"
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"english": "kuxonnyj lift",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "small elevator",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "кухонный лифт"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "small elevator",
"tags": [
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"word": "dizalo za hranu"
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{
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"sense": "small elevator",
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"word": "lift za hranu"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small elevator",
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"word": "montaplatos"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "small elevator",
"tags": [
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"word": "mathiss"
}
],
"word": "dumbwaiter"
}
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