"mainpiece" meaning in All languages combined

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "main",
        "3": "piece"
      },
      "expansion": "main + piece",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From main + piece.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mainpieces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Theater",
          "orig": "en:Theater",
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            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "ref": "1993, John C Greene, Gladys LH Clark, The Dublin Stage, 1720–1745, page 72:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Michael Burden, edited by Moody & O'Quinn, British Theatre 1730-1830, page 205:",
          "text": "Drury Lane and Covent Garden put on mainly spoken plays; the all-sung operas staged there were usually afterpieces in English, though operas with spoken dialogue also appeared among the mainpieces in various guises, including ballad opera and burletta.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The primary play or other work performed at an evening's entertainment at the theatre, as opposed to smaller introductory or additional works."
      ],
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        "(theater) The primary play or other work performed at an evening's entertainment at the theatre, as opposed to smaller introductory or additional works."
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "The principal part of a ship's head; the principal piece of timber in a rudder."
      ],
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          "nautical"
        ],
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          "head"
        ],
        [
          "timber",
          "timber"
        ],
        [
          "rudder",
          "rudder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) The principal part of a ship's head; the principal piece of timber in a rudder."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "main-piece"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mainpiece"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From main + piece.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mainpieces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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        },
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          "text": "Drury Lane and Covent Garden put on mainly spoken plays; the all-sung operas staged there were usually afterpieces in English, though operas with spoken dialogue also appeared among the mainpieces in various guises, including ballad opera and burletta.",
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        "The primary play or other work performed at an evening's entertainment at the theatre, as opposed to smaller introductory or additional works."
      ],
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        "(theater) The primary play or other work performed at an evening's entertainment at the theatre, as opposed to smaller introductory or additional works."
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "The principal part of a ship's head; the principal piece of timber in a rudder."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(nautical) The principal part of a ship's head; the principal piece of timber in a rudder."
      ],
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    {
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    }
  ],
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}