See butterscotch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌtɚˌskɑt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌtəˌskɒtʃ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-butterscotch.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-butterscotch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-butterscotch.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-butterscotch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-butterscotch.wav.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a light brown colour",
"word": "toffeenvärinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having the flavour of butterscotch",
"word": "toffeenmakuinen"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"butterscotch"
],
"word": "butterscotch"
}
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