"barbed wire" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɑɹbd waɪəɹ/ [General-American], [ˈbɑɹbd ˈwa.jɚ] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-barbed wire.wav Forms: barbed wires [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} barbed wire (usually uncountable, plural barbed wires)
  1. Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Walls and fences Synonyms: barb wire, barb-wire, barbwire, barbed-wire, bob wire, bobbed wire [dialectal, nonstandard] Related terms: concertina wire, razor wire, wire entanglement, wire obstacle, page wire Translations (twisted strands of steel wire): سِلْك شَائِك (silk šāʔik) [masculine] (Arabic), փշալար (pʻšalar) (Armenian), tikanlı məftil (Azerbaijani), бодли́ва тел (bodlíva tel) [feminine] (Bulgarian), filferro espinós [masculine] (Catalan), 鐵絲網 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁丝网 (tiěsīwǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 有刺的鐵絲網 (Chinese Mandarin), 有刺的铁丝网 (yǒu cì de tiěsīwǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 鐵刺絲 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁刺丝 (tiěcìsī) (Chinese Mandarin), ostnatý drát [masculine] (Czech), pigtråd [common-gender] (Danish), prikkeldraad [masculine] (Dutch), pikdrato (Esperanto), okastraat (Estonian), píkatráður [masculine] (Faroese), piikkilanka (Finnish), fil de fer barbelé [masculine] (French), fil barbelé [masculine] (French), barbelé [masculine] (French), ეკლიანი მავთული (eḳliani mavtuli) (Georgian), Stacheldraht [masculine] (German), αγκαθωτό σύρμα (agkathotó sýrma) [neuter] (Greek), גדר תיל (Hebrew), szögesdrót (Hungarian), kawat berduri (Indonesian), sreang dheilgneach [feminine] (Irish), sreang dhealgach [feminine] (Irish), filo spinato [masculine] (Italian), 有刺鉄線 (yūshitessen) (alt: ゆうしてっせん) (Japanese), kòlcati drót [masculine] (Kashubian), sztacheldrót [masculine] (Kashubian), тікенді сым (tıkendı sym) (Kazakh), លួសបន្លា (luǝh bɑnlaa) (Khmer), 가시철사 (gasicheolsa) (Korean), dzeloņstieple [feminine] (Latvian), бодли́кава жи́ца (bodlíkava žíca) [feminine] (Macedonian), béésh adishahí (Navajo), piggtråd [masculine] (Norwegian), سیم خاردار (sim-e xârdâr) (Persian), Spekjadrot [neuter] (Plautdietsch), Hacheldrot [neuter] (Plautdietsch), drut kolczasty [masculine] (Polish), arame farpado [masculine] (Portuguese), sârmă ghimpată [feminine] (Romanian), колю́чая про́волока (koljúčaja próvoloka) [feminine] (Russian), uèir bhiorach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), бодљикава жица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bodljikava žica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ritticulatu [masculine] (Sicilian), filu spinatu [masculine] (Sicilian), ostnatý drôt [masculine] (Slovak), bodeča žica [feminine] (Slovene), alambre de púas [masculine] (Spanish), alambre de espino [masculine] (Spanish), alambre de espinas [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), seng'enge (Swahili), taggtråd [common-gender] (Swedish), ముళ్ళ తీగ (muḷḷa tīga) (Telugu), ลวดหนาม (lûuat-nǎam) (Thai), dikenli tel (Turkish), tikenli sim (Turkmen), колю́чий дріт (koljúčyj drit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tikanli sim (Uzbek), dây kẽm gai (Vietnamese), weiren bigog [feminine] (Welsh)
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        "Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences."
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          "Twisted",
          "twisted"
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          "steel"
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        {
          "word": "concertina wire"
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          "word": "razor wire"
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        {
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          "word": "barb wire"
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        {
          "word": "barbwire"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "silk šāʔik",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "word": "سِلْك شَائِك"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʻšalar",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "փշալար"
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "tikanlı məftil"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bodlíva tel",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "word": "filferro espinós"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "鐵絲網"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tiěsīwǎng",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "铁丝网"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "有刺的鐵絲網"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒu cì de tiěsīwǎng",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "有刺的铁丝网"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "鐵刺絲"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tiěcìsī",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "铁刺丝"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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            "masculine"
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "word": "fil de fer barbelé"
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "word": "fil barbelé"
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "word": "barbelé"
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "eḳliani mavtuli",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Stacheldraht"
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          "roman": "agkathotó sýrma",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "sreang dhealgach"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "filo spinato"
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "有刺鉄線"
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          "code": "csb",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "тікенді сым"
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          "word": "លួសបន្លា"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gasicheolsa",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "가시철사"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "word": "dzeloņstieple"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bodlíkava žíca",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "бодли́кава жи́ца"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "béésh adishahí"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piggtråd"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sim-e xârdâr",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "سیم خاردار"
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "code": "pdt",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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            "neuter"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "drut kolczasty"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arame farpado"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sârmă ghimpată"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "колю́чая про́волока"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "uèir bhiorach"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "бодљикава жица"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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            "Roman",
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          "word": "bodljikava žica"
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          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "ritticulatu"
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          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "filu spinatu"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "bodeča žica"
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          "code": "es",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "es",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "es",
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            "Spain",
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
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          "word": "seng'enge"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "muḷḷa tīga",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "ముళ్ళ తీగ"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lûuat-nǎam",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "ลวดหนาม"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "dikenli tel"
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          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "tikenli sim"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "колю́чий дріт"
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          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "tikanli sim"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "dây kẽm gai"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
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        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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        "en:Walls and fences"
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        "Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences."
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      "word": "barb wire"
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      "word": "barbed-wire"
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      "word": "bob wire"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "silk šāʔik",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سِلْك شَائِك"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "pʻšalar",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "փշալար"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "tikanlı məftil"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bodlíva tel",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бодли́ва тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filferro espinós"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "鐵絲網"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiěsīwǎng",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "铁丝网"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "有刺的鐵絲網"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒu cì de tiěsīwǎng",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "有刺的铁丝网"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "鐵刺絲"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiěcìsī",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "铁刺丝"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ostnatý drát"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "pigtråd"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "prikkeldraad"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "pikdrato"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "okastraat"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "píkatráður"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "piikkilanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fil de fer barbelé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fil barbelé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barbelé"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "eḳliani mavtuli",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "ეკლიანი მავთული"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Stacheldraht"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agkathotó sýrma",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "αγκαθωτό σύρμα"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "גדר תיל"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "szögesdrót"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "kawat berduri"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "sreang dheilgneach"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "sreang dhealgach"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "filo spinato"
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      "alt": "ゆうしてっせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūshitessen",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "有刺鉄線"
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      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kòlcati drót"
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      "code": "csb",
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      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sztacheldrót"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tıkendı sym",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "тікенді сым"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "luǝh bɑnlaa",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "លួសបន្លា"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gasicheolsa",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "가시철사"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "dzeloņstieple"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bodlíkava žíca",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бодли́кава жи́ца"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "béésh adishahí"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piggtråd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sim-e xârdâr",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "سیم خاردار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Spekjadrot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hacheldrot"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drut kolczasty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arame farpado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sârmă ghimpată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koljúčaja próvoloka",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колю́чая про́волока"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uèir bhiorach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бодљикава жица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bodljikava žica"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ritticulatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filu spinatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ostnatý drôt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bodeča žica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alambre de púas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alambre de espino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alambre de espinas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "seng'enge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "taggtråd"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "muḷḷa tīga",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "ముళ్ళ తీగ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lûuat-nǎam",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "ลวดหนาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "dikenli tel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "tikenli sim"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "koljúčyj drit",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "колю́чий дріт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "tikanli sim"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "dây kẽm gai"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "weiren bigog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "barbed wire"
}

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