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},
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}
],
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"text": "A piece of wood or cardboard becomes a matchstick once the end has been dipped in a sulfurous compound to turn it into a complete match."
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "lucʻki",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "լուցկի"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zapálka",
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],
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huǒchái",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "火柴"
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"sense": "piece of wood",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "piece of wood",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "allumette"
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"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "asanti",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "ასანთი"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piece of wood",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Zündholz"
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"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "gyufaszál"
},
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"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eldspýta"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cipín"
},
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"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
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"word": "cipín solais"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lasán"
},
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"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "matchi",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "マッチ"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "chəə kuuh",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "ឈើគូស"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seongnyang",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "성냥"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tīppeṭṭi",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "തീപ്പെട്ടി"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zapałka"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palito de fósforo"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spíčka",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спи́чка"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
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"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zápalka"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tändsticka"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "aggipulla",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "అగ్గిపుల్ల"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "kibrit"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sirnýk",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сірни́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "diêm"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "que diêm"
}
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{
"text": "The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks."
}
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"Any similarly small and thin piece."
],
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"(chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece."
],
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"_dis1": "37 63",
"sense": "generic small thin piece",
"word": "shred"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 63",
"sense": "generic small thin piece",
"word": "sliver"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 63",
"sense": "generic small thin piece",
"word": "splinter"
}
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}
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"text": "A piece of wood or cardboard becomes a matchstick once the end has been dipped in a sulfurous compound to turn it into a complete match."
}
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"A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match."
],
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],
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"cardboard",
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"match",
"match"
]
]
},
{
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"text": "The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks."
}
],
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"Any similarly small and thin piece."
],
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"(chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece."
],
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}
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"sense": "generic small thin piece",
"word": "shred"
},
{
"sense": "generic small thin piece",
"word": "sliver"
},
{
"sense": "generic small thin piece",
"word": "splinter"
},
{
"word": "match stick"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "lucʻki",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "լուցկի"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zapálka",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "запа́лка"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huǒchái",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "火柴"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zápalka"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "tulitikku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "allumette"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "asanti",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "ასანთი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Streichholz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zündholz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "gyufaszál"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eldspýta"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cipín"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cipín solais"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lasán"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "matchi",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "マッチ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "chəə kuuh",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "ឈើគូស"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seongnyang",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "성냥"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tīppeṭṭi",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "തീപ്പെട്ടി"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zapałka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palito de fósforo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spíčka",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спи́чка"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zápalka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tändsticka"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "aggipulla",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "అగ్గిపుల్ల"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "kibrit"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sirnýk",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сірни́к"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "diêm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "piece of wood",
"word": "que diêm"
}
],
"word": "matchstick"
}
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