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},
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},
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"2": "cecys",
"3": "",
"4": "hollow stalks"
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"2": "cegid",
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants."
],
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"(obsolete or dialectal) The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants."
],
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]
},
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"name": "Botany",
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"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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"A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy."
],
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[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"weed",
"weed"
],
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"kecksy",
"kecksy"
]
],
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"(obsolete, botany) A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy."
],
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"obsolete"
],
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"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
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{
"ref": "1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, pages 100–101",
"text": "On the bedside table a new package of cigarettes and a traveling clock had for neighbor a nicely wrapped box containing the green figurine of a girl skier which shone through the double kix.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A dry husk or covering."
],
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[
"dry",
"dry"
],
[
"husk",
"husk"
],
[
"covering",
"covering"
]
],
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"(rare) A dry husk or covering."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/kɛks/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛks"
}
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}
],
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}
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"2": "da",
"3": "kiks",
"4": "",
"5": "cracker"
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"name": "bor"
},
{
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"1": "da",
"2": "keks"
},
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"name": "m"
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"2": "en",
"3": "cakes"
},
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"2": "cake"
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"2": "gem-pro",
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"singular"
]
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"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kexi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "kexinu",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
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"form": "kexum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
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"form": "kex",
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"genitive",
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"singular"
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},
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"form": "kexins",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kexa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "kexanna",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
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"15": "",
"16": "",
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"3": "genitive singular",
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"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
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"derived": [
{
"word": "beinakex"
},
{
"word": "hafrakex"
},
{
"word": "hermannakex"
},
{
"word": "ískex"
},
{
"word": "kexbrauð"
},
{
"word": "kexkaka"
},
{
"word": "kexkassi"
},
{
"word": "kexpakki"
},
{
"word": "kexruglaður"
},
{
"word": "kextunna"
},
{
"word": "kexverksmiðja"
},
{
"word": "kremkex"
},
{
"word": "kúakex"
},
{
"word": "megrunarkex"
},
{
"word": "mjólkurkex"
},
{
"word": "ostakex"
},
{
"word": "rúgkex"
},
{
"word": "saltkex"
},
{
"word": "sjómannskex"
},
{
"word": "skipakex"
},
{
"word": "skipskex"
},
{
"word": "skútukex"
},
{
"word": "sódakex"
},
{
"word": "súkkulaðikex"
},
{
"word": "tekex"
},
{
"word": "þurrkex"
}
],
"glosses": [
"cookie, cracker, (UK) biscuit"
],
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"links": [
[
"cookie",
"cookie"
],
[
"cracker",
"cracker"
],
[
"biscuit",
"biscuit"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/cʰɛks/"
},
{
"ipa": "/cʰɛxs/"
}
],
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}
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},
{
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"2": "qfa-sub"
},
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}
],
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}
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{
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{
"_dis": "56 44",
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"Any dried stem of a plant with a hollow interior."
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],
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"(rare) A plant having a hollow stem; a member of the family Umbelliferae."
],
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{
"ipa": "/kiks/"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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},
{
"form": "kexet",
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"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kex",
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "kexen",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "kex",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
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},
{
"form": "kexets",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kex",
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
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"lang_code": "sv",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "wafer",
"word": "rån"
}
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{
"_dis": "78 22",
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],
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"cracker, (UK) biscuit"
],
"id": "en-kex-sv-noun-0Qqw51jk",
"links": [
[
"cracker",
"cracker"
],
[
"biscuit",
"biscuit"
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],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Hello biscuit, are you standing here crumbling?",
"text": "Tjena kexet, står du här och smular?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"someone physically attractive"
],
"id": "en-kex-sv-noun-9Td23ra6",
"links": [
[
"physically",
"physically"
],
[
"attractive",
"attractive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) someone physically attractive"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɛks/",
"note": "Svealand, Norrland"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕɛks/",
"note": "Svealand, Norrland"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
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[
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[
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