See seesaw on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsi.sɔ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"enpr": "sä",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsiː.sɑː/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-seesaw.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/En-us-seesaw.ogg/En-us-seesaw.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/En-us-seesaw.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːsɑ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "see-saw"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"seesaw"
],
"word": "seesaw"
}
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