"kelp" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɛlp/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kelp.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kelps [plural]
enPR: kĕlp Rhymes: -ɛlp Etymology: 14th c., from Middle English culp, culpe, kilp, but of unknown ultimate origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|culp}} Middle English culp, {{m|enm|culpe}} culpe, {{m|enm|kilp}} kilp Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kelp (countable and uncountable, plural kelps)
  1. Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (order Laminariales). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Brown algae Synonyms: oyster grass Translations (large seaweed of order Laminariales): varec [masculine] (Catalan), 海帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 海带 (hǎidài) (Chinese Mandarin), 昆布 (kūnbù) (Chinese Mandarin), kelpa [feminine] (Czech), zeewier [neuter] (Dutch), tari [masculine] (Faroese), kelppi (Finnish), taarimainen levä (Finnish), laminaire [feminine] (French), kelp [masculine] (French), goémon [masculine] (French), varech [masculine] (French), golfe [masculine] (Galician), soga [feminine] (Galician), golfeira [feminine] (Galician), carromeiro [masculine] (Galician), Seetang [masculine] (German), Tang [masculine] (German), Kelp [neuter] (German), þari [masculine] (Icelandic), ceilp [feminine] (Irish), 昆布 (alt: こんぶ, konbu, こぶ, kobu) (Japanese), コンブ (konbu) (Japanese), 다시마 (dasima) (Korean), 켈프 (kelpeu) (Korean), rimurapa (Maori), kōauau (Maori), pakakā (Maori), pakakē (Maori), tare [masculine] (Norwegian), listownicowiec [masculine] (Polish), alga marinha [feminine] (Portuguese), laminaria [feminine] (Romanian), varec [neuter] (Romanian), бу́рая во́доросль (búraja vódoroslʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ламина́рия (laminárija) [feminine] (Russian), ceilp [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), quelpo [masculine] (Spanish), kelp (Swedish), tảo bẹ (Vietnamese), varäk (Volapük), môr-wiail [feminine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-kelp-en-noun-0Kdp~dtf Disambiguation of Brown algae: 95 4 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 6 11 Disambiguation of 'large seaweed of order Laminariales': 86 14
  2. The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (calcined ashes of seaweed): kelp [common-gender] (Danish), kalsinoitu merileväntuhka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-kelp-en-noun-Jjvm5Jlv Disambiguation of 'calcined ashes of seaweed': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: kombu Meronyms: stipe

Verb

IPA: /kɛlp/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kelp.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kelps [present, singular, third-person], kelping [participle, present], kelped [participle, past], kelped [past]
enPR: kĕlp Rhymes: -ɛlp Etymology: 14th c., from Middle English culp, culpe, kilp, but of unknown ultimate origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|culp}} Middle English culp, {{m|enm|culpe}} culpe, {{m|enm|kilp}} kilp Head templates: {{en-verb}} kelp (third-person singular simple present kelps, present participle kelping, simple past and past participle kelped)
  1. (intransitive) To gather kelp. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: kelper
    Sense id: en-kelp-en-verb-K-hnr5gS

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "etc",
      "taxonomic": "Nereocystis luetkeana",
      "word": "bull kelp"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "giant kelp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "golden kelp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kelp bass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kelp bed"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kelp crab"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kelp forest"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "海帶"
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          "roman": "kūnbù",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "昆布"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kelpa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
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          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "kelppi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "taarimainen levä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laminaire"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "varech"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "golfe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carromeiro"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Seetang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Tang"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Kelp"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "þari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ceilp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "alt": "こんぶ, konbu, こぶ, kobu",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "昆布"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "konbu",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "コンブ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dasima",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "다시마"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kelpeu",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "켈프"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "rimurapa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "kōauau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "pakakā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "pakakē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "listownicowiec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alga marinha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laminaria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "varec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "búraja vódoroslʹ",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бу́рая во́доросль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "laminárija",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ламина́рия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ceilp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quelpo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "kelp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "tảo bẹ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "word": "varäk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "môr-wiail"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture."
      ],
      "id": "en-kelp-en-noun-Jjvm5Jlv",
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          "calcine",
          "calcine"
        ],
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          "ash",
          "ash"
        ],
        [
          "glass",
          "glass"
        ],
        [
          "iodine",
          "iodine"
        ],
        [
          "manufacture",
          "manufacture"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "calcined ashes of seaweed",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kelp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "calcined ashes of seaweed",
          "word": "kalsinoitu merileväntuhka"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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}

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          "ref": "2018, John Walter Sutherland, Resurrection Road, page 94",
          "text": "Just before we reached Seward the pilot got a radio message that a fishing boat in Thumb Cove had some kelp […] Neither of us had ever kelped before but there wasn't much to it, and we started bringing in full boxes back to Eads' barge.",
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        "(intransitive) To gather kelp."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɛlp/",
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        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlp"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kelp.wav",
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        "Southern-England"
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    }
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      "taxonomic": "Nereocystis luetkeana",
      "word": "bull kelp"
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      "word": "giant kelp"
    },
    {
      "word": "golden kelp"
    },
    {
      "word": "kelp bass"
    },
    {
      "word": "kelp bed"
    },
    {
      "word": "kelp crab"
    },
    {
      "word": "kelp forest"
    },
    {
      "word": "kelp goose"
    },
    {
      "word": "kelp gull"
    },
    {
      "word": "kelp pigeon"
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    {
      "word": "kelp salmon"
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            "2": "Kelp",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "2": "ceilp",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "2": "quelpo",
            "bor": "1"
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          "ref": "2021 June 26, “Why New England is going wild for wet weeds”, in The Economist, →ISSN",
          "text": "Underneath the area demarcated by the buoys, Ms Puckett plants kelp—a type of seaweed—on long ropes that resemble washing lines.",
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        [
          "iodine",
          "iodine"
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          "manufacture"
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        "uncountable"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlp"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "enpr": "kĕlp"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "varec"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "海帶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎidài",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "海带"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kūnbù",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "昆布"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kelpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zeewier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "kelppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "taarimainen levä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laminaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kelp"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goémon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "varech"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soga"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "golfeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carromeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Seetang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kelp"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "þari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ceilp"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こんぶ, konbu, こぶ, kobu",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "昆布"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konbu",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "コンブ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dasima",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "다시마"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kelpeu",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "켈프"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "rimurapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "kōauau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "pakakā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "pakakē"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "listownicowiec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alga marinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laminaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "varec"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "búraja vódoroslʹ",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бу́рая во́доросль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "laminárija",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ламина́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ceilp"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quelpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "kelp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "tảo bẹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "word": "varäk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large seaweed of order Laminariales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "môr-wiail"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "calcined ashes of seaweed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kelp"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calcined ashes of seaweed",
      "word": "kalsinoitu merileväntuhka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kelp"
}

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      "name": "inh"
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        "2": "kilp"
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      "expansion": "kilp",
      "name": "m"
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  "etymology_text": "14th c., from Middle English culp, culpe, kilp, but of unknown ultimate origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kelps",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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          "ref": "2018, John Walter Sutherland, Resurrection Road, page 94",
          "text": "Just before we reached Seward the pilot got a radio message that a fishing boat in Thumb Cove had some kelp […] Neither of us had ever kelped before but there wasn't much to it, and we started bringing in full boxes back to Eads' barge.",
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        "(intransitive) To gather kelp."
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      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛlp"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kĕlp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kelp"
}

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