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"roman": "čugun na slitǎci",
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"word": "чугун на слитъци"
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"word": "生鐵"
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"sense": "type of crude iron",
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"word": "hierro colado"
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"sense": "type of crude iron",
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"sense": "type of crude iron",
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"roman": "čugun na slitǎci",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "чугун на слитъци"
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"sense": "type of crude iron",
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"word": "lingot d'alt forn"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "生鐵"
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"roman": "shēngtiě",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "生铁"
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"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "krudfero"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "takkirauta"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"tags": [
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"word": "fonte brute"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"tags": [
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"word": "Roheisen"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "argós sídiros",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
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"word": "αργός σίδηρος"
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"sense": "type of crude iron",
"tags": [
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"word": "कच्चा लोहा"
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "besi gubal"
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"sense": "type of crude iron",
"tags": [
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"word": "muciarann"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "ghisa grezza"
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"alt": "せんてつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sentetsu",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "銑鉄"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seoncheol",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "선철"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "súrovo žélezo",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"tags": [
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"word": "су́рово же́лезо"
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "besi jongkong"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "surówka"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"tags": [
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"word": "ferro-gusa"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"tags": [
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"word": "gusa"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "peredélʹnyj čugún",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"tags": [
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"word": "переде́льный чугу́н"
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"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "hierro colado"
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"sense": "type of crude iron",
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "type of crude iron",
"word": "ilik-bakal"
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"sense": "type of crude iron",
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