"microwave" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/, /ˈmaɪkɹəʊˌweɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-microwave.wav Forms: microwaves [plural]
enPR: mī'krə-wāv", mī'krō-wāv" Etymology: From micro- + wave. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|wave}} micro- + wave Head templates: {{en-noun}} microwave (plural microwaves)
  1. An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves. Categories (topical): Home appliances Synonyms: SHF Translations (electromagnetic wave): mikrogolf (Afrikaans), mikrovalë [feminine] (Albanian), مَوْجَة الْمَيْكْرُووِيف (mawjat al-maykruwīv) [feminine] (Arabic), مَوْجَة دَقِيقَة (mawja daqīqa) [feminine] (Arabic), مَوْجَة مَيْكْرُوِيَّة (mawja maykruwiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), مَوْجَة صِغْرِيَّة (mawja ṣiḡriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), միկրոալիք (mikroalikʻ) (Armenian), mikrodalga (Azerbaijani), mikrouhin (Basque), мікрахва́ля (mikraxválja) [feminine] (Belarusian), অণুতরঙ্গ (onutoroṅgo) (Bengali), মাইক্রোওয়েভ (maikrōōẇebh) (Bengali), микровълна́ (mikrovǎlná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), မိုက်ခရိုဝေ့ (muikhka.ruiwe.) (Burmese), microona [feminine] (Catalan), 微波 (wēibō) (Chinese Mandarin), korrdon [feminine] (Cornish), mikrovlna [feminine] (Czech), mikrobølge [common-gender] (Danish), microgolf [masculine] (Dutch), mikroondo (Esperanto), mikrolaine (Estonian), mikroaalto (Finnish), micro-onde [feminine] (French), მიკროტალღა (miḳroṭalɣa) (Georgian), Mikrowelle [feminine] (German), μικροκύμα (mikrokýma) [neuter] (Greek), מִיקְרוֹגַל (mikrogál) [masculine] (Hebrew), माइक्रोवेव (māikrovev) (Hindi), सूक्ष्मतरंग (sūkṣmatraṅg) (Hindi), mikrohullám (Hungarian), örbylgja [feminine] (Icelandic), mikro-ondi (Ido), gelombang mikro (Indonesian), micreathonn [feminine] (Irish), microonda [feminine] (Italian), マイクロ波 (maikuroha) (alt: マイクロは) (Japanese), マイクロウェーブ (maikuroweebu) (Japanese), микротолқын (mikrotolqyn) (Kazakh), រលកខ្លីហួសកំរិត (rɔɔrɔlɔɔk khləy huəh kɑmrɨt) (Khmer), 마이크로파 (maikeuropa) (Korean), микротолкун (mikrotolkun) (Kyrgyz), ຈຸນລະຄື້ນ (chun la khư̄n) (Lao), mikrovilnis [masculine] (Latvian), mikrobanga [feminine] (Lithuanian), ми́кробран (míkrobran) [masculine] (Macedonian), gelombang mikro (Malay), mikrogelombang (Malay), meegra-honn [feminine] (Manx), бичил долгион (bičil dolgion) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), micro-onde [feminine] (Norman), micro-louême [feminine] (Norman), mikrobølge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mikrobylgje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mikrobølgje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), microonda [feminine] (Occitan), مایکروویو (mâykrovêv) (Persian), کهموج (Persian), ریزموج (rizmowj) (Persian), mikrofala [feminine] (Polish), micro-onda [feminine] (Portuguese), microundă [feminine] (Romanian), микроволна́ (mikrovolná) [feminine] (Russian), meanbh-thonn (Scottish Gaelic), микроталас [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), микровал [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mikrotalas [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mikroval [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mikrovlna [feminine] (Slovak), mikroval [masculine] (Slovene), microonda [feminine] (Spanish), ᮌᮨᮜᮧᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮙᮤᮊᮢᮧ (gelombang mikro) (Sundanese), mikrovåg [common-gender] (Swedish), mikliboy (Tagalog), майкровейв (maykroveyv) (Tajik), микромавҷ (mikromavj) (Tajik), микродулкын (mikrodulkın) (Tatar), సూక్ష్మతరంగము (sūkṣmataraṅgamu) (Telugu), ไมโครเวฟ (mai-kroo-wéep) (Thai), mikrodalga (Turkish), mikrotolkun (Turkmen), мікрохви́ля (mikroxvýlja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), مىكرو دولقۇن (mikro dolqun) (Uyghur), mikrodalga (Uzbek), vi ba (alt: 微波) (Vietnamese), vi sóng (alt: 微㳥) (Vietnamese), microdon [feminine] (Welsh), מיקראָכוואַליע (mikrokhvalye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  2. Ellipsis of microwave oven. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: microwave oven
    Sense id: en-microwave-en-noun-lGTOMSeE Categories (other): English terms prefixed with micro- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro-: 18 32 34 15
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Derived forms: Cajun microwave, convection microwave oven, cosmic microwave background, microwaveless, microwavelike, microwave meal, microwave radiation, microwave resonant cavity thruster, microwave safe Related terms: convection microwave, microwave spectroscopy, microwaveguide, radio frequency

Verb

IPA: /ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/, /ˈmaɪkɹəʊˌweɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-microwave.wav Forms: microwaves [present, singular, third-person], microwaving [participle, present], microwaved [participle, past], microwaved [past]
enPR: mī'krə-wāv", mī'krō-wāv" Etymology: From micro- + wave. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|wave}} micro- + wave Head templates: {{en-verb}} microwave (third-person singular simple present microwaves, present participle microwaving, simple past and past participle microwaved)
  1. (transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven. Tags: transitive Synonyms: nuke [colloquial], microcook, zap Translations (cook in a microwave oven): (mai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), (ding¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 叮熱 (Chinese Cantonese), 叮热 (ding¹ jit⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 微波加熱 (Chinese Mandarin), 微波加热 (wēibō jiārè) (Chinese Mandarin), valmistaa mikrossa (Finnish), micro-onder (French), but see in der Mikrowelle aufwärmen (German), チンする (chinsuru) (Japanese), micro-louêmer (Norman), гото́вить в микроволно́вой печи́ (gotóvitʹ v mikrovolnóvoj pečí) [imperfective] (Russian), microondear (Spanish), mikra (Swedish), värma (Swedish), เวฟ (wêef) (Thai), coginio mewn microdon (Welsh)
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  2. (transitive, slang) To provide minimal preparation for implementation, deeming full or extensive preparation as unnecessary. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-microwave-en-verb-crjeiJej Categories (other): English terms prefixed with micro- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro-: 18 32 34 15
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Derived forms: microwavable, microwaveable, microwave up

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          "text": "Microwaves do not follow the curvature of the earth, but travel in a straight line. They must therefore have unobstructed \"line of sight\" and the dish aerials have to be sited on towers or high buildings, on high ground, or a combination of all three.",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
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          "word": "مَوْجَة الْمَيْكْرُووِيف"
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          "roman": "mawja daqīqa",
          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "mawja ṣiḡriyya",
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          "word": "مَوْجَة صِغْرِيَّة"
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "word": "միկրոալիք"
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "roman": "sūkṣmatraṅg",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "word": "mikrohullám"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "örbylgja"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "word": "mikro-ondi"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "id",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "word": "gelombang mikro"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "micreathonn"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "microonda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "word": "រលកខ្លីហួសកំរិត"
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          "roman": "maikeuropa",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "roman": "chun la khư̄n",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "mikrofala"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "micro-onda"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "microundă"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
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          "word": "microonda"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "roman": "gelombang mikro",
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      "word": "မိုက်ခရိုဝေ့"
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "微波"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "მიკროტალღა"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "gelombang mikro"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "micreathonn"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "microonda"
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      "word": "マイクロ波"
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      "word": "микротолқын"
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "រលកខ្លីហួសកំរិត"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "maikeuropa",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "마이크로파"
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    {
      "code": "ky",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "микротолкун"
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      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "chun la khư̄n",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "ຈຸນລະຄື້ນ"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "word": "mikrovilnis"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mk",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ми́кробран"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "word": "gelombang mikro"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "gv",
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      "word": "meegra-honn"
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    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bičil dolgion",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "бичил долгион"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "micro-onde"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nn",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "microonda"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâykrovêv",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "مایکروویو"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "کهموج"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "micro-onda"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "microundă"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mikrovolná",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "микроволна́"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "meanbh-thonn"
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      "code": "sh",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "word": "microonda"
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      "code": "su",
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      "roman": "gelombang mikro",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "ᮌᮨᮜᮧᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮙᮤᮊᮢᮧ"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "word": "mikliboy"
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      "code": "tg",
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      "code": "tg",
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      "code": "tt",
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      "word": "микродулкын"
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    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sūkṣmataraṅgamu",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "సూక్ష్మతరంగము"
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    {
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "mai-kroo-wéep",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "ไมโครเวฟ"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "tk",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "mikroxvýlja",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мікрохви́ля"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mikro dolqun",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "مىكرو دولقۇن"
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      "code": "uz",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "mikrodalga"
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      "alt": "微波",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "word": "vi ba"
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    {
      "alt": "微㳥",
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      "word": "vi sóng"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "code": "yi",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "מיקראָכוואַליע"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cook in a microwave oven",
      "word": "but see in der Mikrowelle aufwärmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chinsuru",
      "sense": "cook in a microwave oven",
      "word": "チンする"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "cook in a microwave oven",
      "word": "micro-louêmer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gotóvitʹ v mikrovolnóvoj pečí",
      "sense": "cook in a microwave oven",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гото́вить в микроволно́вой печи́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cook in a microwave oven",
      "word": "microondear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cook in a microwave oven",
      "word": "mikra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cook in a microwave oven",
      "word": "värma"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wêef",
      "sense": "cook in a microwave oven",
      "word": "เวฟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "cook in a microwave oven",
      "word": "coginio mewn microdon"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "microwave",
    "microwave oven"
  ],
  "word": "microwave"
}

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