See icebreaker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"word": "破冰船"
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Eisbrecher"
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"word": "שוברת קרח"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"word": "砕氷船"
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"word": "쇄빙선"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"word": "kapal pemecah air batu"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"masculine"
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"word": "isbryter"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "lodołamacz"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "quebra-gelo"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"word": "spărgător de gheață"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"word": "ледоко́л"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"word": "ледоломац"
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"word": "ľadoborec"
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"masculine"
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"word": "rompehielos"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
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"word": "isbrytare"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"word": "เรือตัดน้ำแข็ง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"word": "buzkıran"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kryholám",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "кригола́м"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "ship designed to break through ice",
"word": "tàu phá băng"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
"tags": [
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"word": "ijsbreker"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
"word": "interkono"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
"word": "kevennys"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Kennenlernspiel"
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"sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
"word": "jégtörő"
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "isbrytare"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "game, anecdote, or other activity to help introduce people",
"word": "กิจกรรมละลายพฤติกรรม"
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