See slabber on Wiktionary
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"Moisture falling from the mouth; slaver."
],
"links": [
[
"Moisture",
"moisture"
],
[
"slaver",
"slaver"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈslæbə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æbə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "slabber"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/æbə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/æbə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "slab",
"3": "er",
"id2": "agent noun"
},
"expansion": "slab + -er",
"name": "suf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From slab + -er.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "slabbers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "slabber (plural slabbers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A saw for cutting slabs from logs."
],
"links": [
[
"saw",
"saw"
],
[
"cut",
"cut"
],
[
"slab",
"slab"
],
[
"log",
"log"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A slabbing machine."
],
"links": [
[
"slabbing machine",
"slabbing machine"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈslæbə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æbə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "slabber"
}
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