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"word": "ass floss"
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"word": "butt floss"
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"word": "candy floss"
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"word": "dental floss"
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"word": "fairy floss"
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"word": "floss pick"
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"word": "floss silk"
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"word": "flossy"
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"word": "meat floss"
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"word": "pork floss"
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"roman": "atami tʿel",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "ատամի թել"
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"roman": "konéc za zǎ́bi",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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],
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "牙線"
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"roman": "ngaa⁴ sin³",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "牙线"
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"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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],
"word": "齒線"
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"roman": "khí-soàⁿ",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
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"word": "tandtråd"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "hammaslanka"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "fil dentaire"
},
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"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zahnseide"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "odontónima",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "οδοντόνημα"
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"english": "medical",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "odontikí métaxa",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "οδοντική μέταξα"
},
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"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "fogselyem"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "filo interdentale"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dentaru furosu",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "デンタルフロス"
},
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"roman": "furosu",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "miro niho"
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"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "wókʼiz naadǫ́zí"
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"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "awókʼiz análdiłí"
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"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "awókʼiz bee naʼnildizí"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tanntråd"
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"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "tanntråd"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nić dentystyczna"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fio dental"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ață dentară"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nítka dlja čístki zubóv",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ни́тка для чи́стки зубо́в"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zubnája nitʹ",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зубна́я нить"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "floss",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "флосс"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "hilo dental"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tandtråd"
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"code": "vi",
"english": "dentistry thread",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth",
"word": "chỉ nha khoa"
}
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"Raw silk fibres."
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "neobrabotena koprina",
"sense": "silk fibres",
"word": "необработена коприна"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "silk fibres",
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"word": "floretsilke"
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"code": "da",
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"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "råsilke"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "silk fibres",
"word": "raakasilkki"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "silk fibres",
"tags": [
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"word": "Rohseide"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "silk fibres",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Seidenfaser"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akatérgasto metáxi",
"sense": "silk fibres",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ακατέργαστο μετάξι"
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"The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans."
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"roman": "svila",
"sense": "the fibres covering a corncob etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "свила"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the fibres covering a corncob etc.",
"word": "kuitu"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the fibres covering a corncob etc.",
"tags": [
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"word": "Maiskolbenfaser"
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"sense": "the fibres covering a corncob etc.",
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"word": "cabelo"
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"text": "embroidery floss",
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"Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other."
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"wound",
"wound"
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"Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase \"candy floss\"."
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"(Britain) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase \"candy floss\"."
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "zaharen pamuk",
"sense": "spun sugar or cotton candy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "захарен памук"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spun sugar or cotton candy",
"word": "hattara"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "spun sugar or cotton candy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barbe à papa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 2 4 77 0 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "spun sugar or cotton candy",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Zuckerwatte"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 2 4 77 0 11",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mallí tis griás",
"sense": "spun sugar or cotton candy",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μαλλί της γριάς"
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "spun sugar or cotton candy",
"word": "vattacukor"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "spun sugar or cotton candy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zucchero filato"
},
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"_dis1": "1 4 2 4 77 0 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "spun sugar or cotton candy",
"word": "wūru huka"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sáxarnaja váta",
"sense": "spun sugar or cotton candy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "са́харная ва́та"
},
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"sense": "spun sugar or cotton candy",
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"word": "sockervadd"
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"word": "牙线"
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"neuter"
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"word": "fogselyem"
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"word": "wókʼiz naadǫ́zí"
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"ref": "2003, Vladimir Bogdanov, All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop, Backbeat Books, page 554",
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"ref": "2003, Oliver Wang, Classic Material: The Hip-Hop Album Guide, ECW Press, page 134",
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