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"roman": "cǎoduǒ",
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"word": "草垛"
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"word": "meule de foin"
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"word": "palleiro"
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"word": "brugueiro"
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"word": "ზვინი"
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"word": "Heuschober"
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"alt": "ほしくさのやま",
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"roman": "hoshikusa no yama",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "干し草の山"
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"roman": "tuṟu",
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"word": "തുറു"
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{
"sense": "pile of stored hay",
"word": "wynd"
}
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mullar"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "dez",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "դեզ"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"english": "large",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "kəbən",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "кәбән"
},
{
"code": "ba",
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"roman": "kübə",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "күбә"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "stoh",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стог"
},
{
"code": "be",
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"roman": "stoh sjéna",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стог се́на"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kapá",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "капа́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kúpa",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ку́па"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kúpa séno",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ку́па се́но"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paller"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "xola",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "хола"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cǎoduǒ",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "草垛"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kupka sena"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stoh"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "høstak"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hooiberg"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "fojnamaso"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sáta"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hoysáta"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "des"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "heinäsuova"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meule de foin"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palleiro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "medeiro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brugueiro"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zvini",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "ზვინი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Heuschober"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Heuhaufen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ערימת שחת"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "szénaboglya"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "szénakazal"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heystakkur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hey"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pagliaio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bica"
},
{
"alt": "ほしくさのやま",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hoshikusa no yama",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "干し草の山"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şömele",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "шөмеле"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "maä",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "мая"
},
{
"code": "lzz",
"lang": "Laz",
"roman": "bardi",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "ბარდი"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "stog",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стог"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plast",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пласт"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tuṟu",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "തുറു"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "høystakk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "høystakk"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "stogŭ",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "стогъ"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "stogŭ",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стогъ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stóg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stóg siana"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meda"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monte de feno"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "palheiro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stog",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стог"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stog séna",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стог се́на"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kopná",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "копна́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "стог"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пласт"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "stog"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "plast"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kôpka sena"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kopica"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stog"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stóh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "almiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pajar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "höstack"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "mandala ng dayami"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"word": "saman yığını"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stih",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стіг"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stih sína",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стіг сі́на"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kopýcja",
"sense": "a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "копи́ця"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"haystack"
],
"word": "haystack"
}
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