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"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"en:Clocks",
"en:Engineering",
"en:Timekeeping"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "clock",
"3": "work"
},
"expansion": "clock + -work",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From clock + -work.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "clockwork (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Driven by clockwork."
],
"tags": [
"attributive",
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1962 April, J. M. Tolson, “The Nederlands Railways today: III: Signalling and freight”, in Modern Railways, page 244:",
"text": "In their freight, as in their passenger operations, the N.S. present a picture of clockwork efficiency.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Very smooth and regular."
],
"tags": [
"attributive",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈklɑkwɝk/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈklɒkwɜːk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"clockwork (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "clockwork"
}
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