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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cross",
"3": "number"
},
"expansion": "cross + number",
"name": "compound"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "crossword"
},
"expansion": "crossword",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From cross + number, modelled on crossword.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "crossnumbers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "crossnumber (plural crossnumbers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A puzzle that resembles a crossword but is to be filled with numbers rather than words, the numbers being clued either arithmetically or by general knowledge (such as the year of a historical event)."
],
"id": "en-crossnumber-en-noun-KZce32eR",
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],
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"crossword"
],
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"number",
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],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"arithmetical",
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],
[
"general knowledge",
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]
]
}
],
"word": "crossnumber"
}
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"args": {
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"2": "cross",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From cross + number, modelled on crossword.",
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],
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"English countable nouns",
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"English lemmas",
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],
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"A puzzle that resembles a crossword but is to be filled with numbers rather than words, the numbers being clued either arithmetically or by general knowledge (such as the year of a historical event)."
],
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"puzzle",
"puzzle"
],
[
"crossword",
"crossword"
],
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"number",
"number"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
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"arithmetical",
"arithmetical"
],
[
"general knowledge",
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]
]
}
],
"word": "crossnumber"
}
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