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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barandal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barandaje"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ledstång"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "räcke"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"word": "gabay"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "raao",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"word": "ราว"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"word": "tırabzan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perýla",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "пери́ла"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "porúččja",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пору́ччя"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "póručenʹ",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́ручень"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "býlʹce",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "би́льце"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"word": "tay vịn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "rail which can be held",
"word": "thanh vịn"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support",
"word": "kapaszkodószalag"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support",
"word": "gumikorlát"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"handrail"
],
"word": "handrail"
}
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