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{
"etymology_text": "Derived from the casting of this form of iron. See wrought iron for comparison.",
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}
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"word": "cast-iron plant"
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{
"text": "Cast iron is popular for cookware where an even heating temperature is important."
}
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"A hard and brittle, but strong, alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon, formed by casting in a mould."
],
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],
[
"silicon",
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],
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]
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʿugun",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "չուգուն"
},
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "tʿuǰ",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "թուջ"
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"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "çuqun"
},
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"roman": "suyın",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "суйын"
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"roman": "čyhun",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
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"word": "чыгун"
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"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
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"masculine"
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "samkrwap",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "သံကြွပ်"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "ferro fos"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "ferro colat"
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "tsulasgi",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "ᏧᎳᏍᎩ"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "鑄鐵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhùtiě",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "铸铁"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "litina"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "støbejern"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gietijzer"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "gisfero"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "malm"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "valurauta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fonte"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tuǯi",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "თუჯი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gusseisen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "יַצֶקֶת"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "öntött vas"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "öntöttvas"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "steypujárn"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "gis-fero"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "besi tuang"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "cuguna"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iarann múnla"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ghisa"
},
{
"alt": "ちゅうてつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chūtetsu",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "鋳鉄"
},
{
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "tsö",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "цө"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "taṇḍavāḷa",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "ತಂಡವಾಳ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şoün",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "шоюн"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şoiyn",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "шойын"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jucheol",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "주철"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "çoyun",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "чоюн"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ķets"
},
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
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"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Goss"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "leano železo",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "леано железо"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "rino whakarewa"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "béésh ditʼódí"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "støpejern"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "støypejern"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "støypejarn"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "støypejern"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dökme",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "دوكمه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čodan",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "چدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "żeliwo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "ferro fundido"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "degī lohā",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਦੇਗੀ ਲੋਹਾ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čugún",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чугу́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lijevano željezo"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "liatina"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "čoy",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "чой"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hierro fundido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hierro colado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fundición"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gjutjärn"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "binubong bakal"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vārppirumpu",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "வார்ப்பிரும்பு"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "dökme demir"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "font"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "pik"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čavún",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чаву́н"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "choʻyan"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"word": "gang"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hard, brittle alloy of iron, carbon, silicon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "haearn bwrw"
}
]
}
],
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"cast iron"
],
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}
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "47 48 4",
"word": "cast-iron stomach"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from the casting of this form of iron. See wrought iron for comparison.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more cast iron",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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}
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"_dis1": "47 48 4",
"word": "pig iron"
}
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"_dis": "26 25 26 22",
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"Chemical elements",
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"text": "I use a cast iron skillet for frying pancakes."
},
{
"ref": "1851, Frederick Overman, “Blast Pipes”, in The Manufacture of Iron, in All its Various Branches. […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Henry C. Baird, page 413",
"text": "Various forms of conductors have been invented, such as wooden and iron pipes, of a round, square, and polygonal section; but at present, scarcely any other than sheet or cast iron pipes are employed.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1979 May 30, Ernest Gueymard, “Louisiana's Creole-Acadian Cuisine”, in Renaud S. Albert, editor, A Franco-American Overview, volume 1, page 295",
"text": "The old black cast iron skillet is an important part of the batterie de cuisine.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Steven P. Moysey, The Road to Balcombe Street: The IRA Reign of Terror in London, Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, page 58",
"text": "Three small gelignite bombs, with pocket watch timing devices, were concealed in packets small enough to fit through the slot of the standard cast-iron post box, the cylindrical bright red colored boxes so common throughout London.",
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"Made of cast iron."
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"(not comparable) Made of cast iron."
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"_dis1": "35 65 0 0",
"word": "castiron"
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"_dis1": "35 65 0 0",
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"_dis1": "87 2 11",
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʿugune",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "չուգունե"
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"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "tʿuǰe",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "թուջե"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "suyın",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "суйын"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "čugunen",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "чугунен"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "valurautainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "valurauta-"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "gusseisern"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "di ghisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čodani",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "چدنی"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "żeliwny"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čugúnnyj",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "чугу́нный"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "gjutjärns-"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "döküm"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 2 11",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čavúnnyj",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "чаву́нний"
}
]
},
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"Chemical elements",
"Metals",
"Matter",
"Metallurgy",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Technology",
"Sciences",
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"Fundamental"
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{
"text": "Ernest has a cast iron constitution and never gets sick."
},
{
"ref": "1932 January 30, Charles W. Purcell, “Stop Telling the Pilot What to Do”, in Popular Aviation, volume 10, number 1, →ISSN, page 62",
"text": "Just because a pilot passes a pretty severe medical test every so often, it doesn't mean that he has a Cast Iron constitution and can fly indefinitely.",
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"_dis1": "2 96 2",
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"word": "bulletproof"
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"_dis1": "2 96 2",
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"word": "impervious"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
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"word": "iron"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
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"word": "robust"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"sense": "durable, tough, resilient",
"word": "unshakable"
}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "rautainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 81 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"word": "di ferro"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 81 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "želéznyj",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"word": "желе́зный"
},
{
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stalévyj",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"word": "стале́вий"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 81 10",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zalíznyj",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"word": "залі́зний"
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{
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "stern"
},
{
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "unrelenting"
},
{
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "unwavering"
},
{
"word": "castiron"
},
{
"word": "cast-iron"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʿugune",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "չուգունե"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿuǰe",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "թուջե"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "suyın",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "суйын"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čugunen",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "чугунен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "valurautainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "valurauta-"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "gusseisern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "di ghisa"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čodani",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "چدنی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "żeliwny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čugúnnyj",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "чугу́нный"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "gjutjärns-"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "döküm"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čavúnnyj",
"sense": "made of cast iron",
"word": "чаву́нний"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "rautainen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"word": "di ferro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "želéznyj",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"word": "желе́зный"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stalévyj",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"word": "стале́вий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zalíznyj",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"word": "залі́зний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čavúnnyj",
"sense": "durable, tough, resiliant",
"word": "чаву́нний"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tvǎrd",
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "твърд"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nepreklonen",
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "непреклонен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "kiveen hakattu"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "inflessibile"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strógij",
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "стро́гий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "suróvyj",
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "суро́вый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žóstkij",
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "жёсткий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "suvóryj",
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "суво́рий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žorstkýj",
"sense": "inflexible or without exception",
"word": "жорстки́й"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"cast iron"
],
"word": "cast iron"
}
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