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"word": "mono"
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"word": "calafetar"
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"word": "fugirati"
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"word": "enmasillar"
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"word": "kalafat çekmek"
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
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"word": "breeuwen"
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"word": "kalefateren"
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "tilkitä"
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "calfeutrer"
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "étouper"
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "calfater"
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "calafatear"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "kalfatern"
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"roman": "kalafatízo",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "καλαφατίζω"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "fugáz"
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "kanappia"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "calc"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "calafatare"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "bitumare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "cianfrinare"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "mono"
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "purupuru"
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "calfaîter"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "fuge"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "calafetar"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "selar"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "vedar"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "zamazyvatʹ",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "замазывать"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadélyvatʹ",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "заде́лывать"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "brtviti"
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
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"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "fugirati"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "enmasillar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "calafatear"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "kalfatra"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "kalafat çekmek"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to seal joints with caulk",
"word": "calcio"
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Maori: herepuru, puru, purupuru desc=Maori rest=herepuru, puru, purupuru cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=False",
"path": [
"caulk"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "caulk",
"trace": ""
}
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