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"A wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food etc."
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"code": "ba",
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"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
"word": "бүкән"
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"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
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"word": "huggeblok"
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"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
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"word": "ceap búistéara"
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"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
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"roman": "razdéločnaja doská",
"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
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],
"word": "разде́лочная доска́"
},
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"roman": "kǐiang",
"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
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"A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading."
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"(historical, informal) A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading."
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"(historical, informal) A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading."
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"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
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"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
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"neuter"
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"word": "ἐπίξηνον"
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"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ceap búistéara"
},
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"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
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"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "разде́лочная доска́"
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"roman": "kǐiang",
"sense": "a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food",
"word": "เขียง"
},
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epíxēnon",
"sense": "a block of wood people place their heads on prior to beheading",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "ἐπίξηνον"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pláxa",
"sense": "a block of wood people place their heads on prior to beheading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пла́ха"
}
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"word": "chopping block"
}
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