"long a" meaning in English

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “bath vowel”",
      "word": "short a"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “bath vowel”",
      "word": "flat a"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "long a's",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "long a (plural long a's)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The vowel sound in the words \"game\" and \"cake\", signified by the silent e; /eɪ/."
      ],
      "id": "en-long_a-en-noun-0naYHoej",
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        "(phonics) The vowel sound in the words \"game\" and \"cake\", signified by the silent e; /eɪ/."
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The vowel sound in the English words bath and castle when pronounced with an open back unrounded vowel (/ɑː/); associated with southern England accents."
      ],
      "id": "en-long_a-en-noun-ERIQ0xPE",
      "links": [
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          "linguistics"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics, especially UK) The vowel sound in the English words bath and castle when pronounced with an open back unrounded vowel (/ɑː/); associated with southern England accents."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "38 62",
          "sense": "bath vowel",
          "word": "broad a"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "especially"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "long a"
}

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “bath vowel”",
      "word": "short a"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “bath vowel”",
      "word": "flat a"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "long a's",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The vowel sound in the words \"game\" and \"cake\", signified by the silent e; /eɪ/."
      ],
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          "silent e"
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      ],
      "qualifier": "phonics",
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        "(phonics) The vowel sound in the words \"game\" and \"cake\", signified by the silent e; /eɪ/."
      ]
    },
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        "British English",
        "en:Linguistics"
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      "glosses": [
        "The vowel sound in the English words bath and castle when pronounced with an open back unrounded vowel (/ɑː/); associated with southern England accents."
      ],
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        [
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          "linguistics"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics, especially UK) The vowel sound in the English words bath and castle when pronounced with an open back unrounded vowel (/ɑː/); associated with southern England accents."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "especially"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "bath vowel",
      "word": "broad a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "long a"
}