"barbed wire" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɑɹbd waɪəɹ/ [General-American], [ˈbɑɹbd ˈwa.jɚ] [General-American] 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 (pʿšalar) (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), 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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          "word": "concertina wire"
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        {
          "word": "razor wire"
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          "word": "wire entanglement"
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          "word": "wire obstacle"
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        {
          "word": "page wire"
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          "word": "filferro espinós"
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          "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",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "prikkeldraad"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "pikdrato"
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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",
          "word": "piikkilanka"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fil barbelé"
        },
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          "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": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stacheldraht"
        },
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "agkathotó sýrma",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "αγκαθωτό σύρμα"
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "גדר תיל"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "sreang dhealgach"
        },
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "filo spinato"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tıkendı sym",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "тікенді сым"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "luǝh bɑnlaa",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "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",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dzeloņstieple"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bodlíkava žíca",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бодли́кава жи́ца"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "béésh adishahí"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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"
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          "word": "бодљикава жица"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "scn",
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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",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "filu spinatu"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ostnatý drôt"
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          "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"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "alambre de espino"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "alambre de espinas"
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "seng'enge"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
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          "word": "taggtråd"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "muḷḷa tīga",
          "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
          "word": "ముళ్ళ తీగ"
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          "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",
          "roman": "koljúčyj drit",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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"
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      "word": "concertina wire"
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      "word": "razor wire"
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      "word": "wire entanglement"
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    },
    {
      "word": "page wire"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Armenian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Georgian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Hebrew terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Kazakh terms with redundant script codes",
        "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Telugu terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Walls and fences"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Twisted",
          "twisted"
        ],
        [
          "strand",
          "strand"
        ],
        [
          "steel",
          "steel"
        ],
        [
          "zinc",
          "zinc"
        ],
        [
          "barb",
          "barb"
        ],
        [
          "spaced",
          "spaced"
        ],
        [
          "agricultural",
          "agricultural"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "fence",
          "fence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑɹbd waɪəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɑɹbd ˈwa.jɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "barb wire"
    },
    {
      "word": "barb-wire"
    },
    {
      "word": "barbwire"
    },
    {
      "word": "barbed-wire"
    },
    {
      "word": "bob wire"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "word": "bobbed wire"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "silk šāʔik",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سِلْك شَائِك"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʿšalar",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "փշալար"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "tikanlı məftil"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiěcìsī",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "铁刺丝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ostnatý drát"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pigtråd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prikkeldraad"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "pikdrato"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "okastraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "píkatráður"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "eḳliani mavtuli",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "ეკლიანი მავთული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stacheldraht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agkathotó sýrma",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αγκαθωτό σύρμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "גדר תיל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "szögesdrót"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "kawat berduri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sreang dheilgneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sreang dhealgach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filo spinato"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tıkendı sym",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "тікенді сым"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dzeloņstieple"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bodlíkava žíca",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бодли́кава жи́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "twisted strands of steel wire",
      "word": "béésh adishahí"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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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