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"etymology_text": "So called because it \"remembers\", or keeps, the shape of something pressed against it.",
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "material",
"word": "記憶棉"
},
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gei³ jik¹ min⁴",
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"word": "记忆棉"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "material",
"word": "muistivaahto"
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"sense": "material",
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"feminine"
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"word": "mousse à mémoire de forme"
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"sense": "material",
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"feminine"
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"word": "espuma viscoelástica"
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"sense": "material",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "material",
"word": "hafızalı köpük"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "material",
"word": "hafıza köpüğü"
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"sense": "material",
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"feminine"
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"word": "espuma viscoelástica"
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"word": "hafızalı köpük"
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"word": "memory foam"
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