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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dispense",
"3": "able"
},
"expansion": "dispense + -able",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From dispense + -able.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dispensables",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "dispensable (plural dispensables)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Something that can reasonably be dispensed with; something unnecessary."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪsˈpɛnsəbəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[dɪsˈpʰɛnsəbɫ̩]"
},
{
"ipa": "[-bəɫ]"
},
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}
],
"word": "dispensable"
}
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