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"word": "A-pillar"
},
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"word": "B-pillar"
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{
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"word": "C-pillar"
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{
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"word": "D-pillar"
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{
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"word": "bundle pillar"
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"word": "earth pillar"
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"word": "pillar to post"
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{
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"word": "post to pillar"
},
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"word": "light pillar"
},
{
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"word": "pillar and stall"
},
{
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"word": "pillar-biter"
},
{
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"word": "pillar block"
},
{
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"word": "pillar box"
},
{
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"word": "pillar-box red"
},
{
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"word": "pillar candle"
},
{
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"word": "pillar drill"
},
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"word": "pillar harp"
},
{
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"word": "pillar of society"
},
{
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"word": "pillar of the community"
},
{
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"word": "pillar telephone"
},
{
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"word": "room and pillar"
},
{
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"word": "sand pillar"
},
{
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"word": "sun pillar"
},
{
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"word": "triangulation pillar"
},
{
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"word": "trig pillar"
},
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"word": "water pillar"
}
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},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "pilier"
},
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "ML.",
"3": "-"
},
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},
{
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"4": "",
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "la",
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"4": "",
"5": "a pillar, pier, mole"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”).",
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"name": "Architecture",
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"parents": [
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"Art",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
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}
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"A large post, often used as supporting architecture."
],
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[
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"architecture"
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[
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"post"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture."
],
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"architecture"
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"lang": "Ainu",
"roman": "ikuspe",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "イクㇲペ"
},
{
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "عمود"
},
{
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕamūd",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "عمود"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "syun",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "սյուն"
},
{
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "կոթող"
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"roman": "henaran",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "հենարան"
},
{
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"roman": "necʻuk",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "նեցուկ"
},
{
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"roman": "patvar",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "պատվար"
},
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"code": "xcl",
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"roman": "siwn",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "սիւն"
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{
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "stur"
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{
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"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "stil"
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{
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"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "durec"
},
{
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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "khũta",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "খুঁটা"
},
{
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"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "tham",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "থাম"
},
{
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"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pilar"
},
{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "dirək"
},
{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "sütun"
},
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "bağana",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "бағана"
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"roman": "bağan",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"Bashkir",
"Eastern"
],
"word": "баған"
},
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"code": "ba",
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"roman": "kolonna",
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"word": "колонна"
},
{
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"code": "shi",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anbdad"
},
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"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "harigi"
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{
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"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "post"
},
{
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"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "peul"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stǎlb",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стълб"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kolona",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "колона"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pilar"
},
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"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "haligi"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhùzi",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "柱子"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pilíř"
},
{
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"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chilauna"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "søjle"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "pijler"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "zuil"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "pilaar"
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"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "jwn",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "piliero"
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"code": "ett",
"lang": "Etruscan",
"roman": "fala",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀 class inanimate"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "pylväs"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "pilari"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pilier"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pile"
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{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piar"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sveṭi",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "სვეტი"
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{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dedaboʒi",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "დედაბოძი"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saq̇rdeni",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "საყრდენი"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pfeiler"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Säule"
},
{
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"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "sauls",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "stylovátis",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kolóna",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κολώνα"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "stýlos",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "stûlos",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "kíōn",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "kia"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'amúd",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עמוד"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "stambh",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "स्तंभ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "khambhā",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "खंभा"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "oszlop"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "pillér"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "pilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "tiang"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piléar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pilastro"
},
{
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"alt": "はしら",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hashira",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "柱"
},
{
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "dıñgek",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "діңгек"
},
{
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sɑsɑɑ",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "សសរ"
},
{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gidung",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "기둥"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "columna"
},
{
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "piliorius"
},
{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "stólb",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сто́лб"
},
{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dírek",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ди́рек"
},
{
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"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "andry"
},
{
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "tiang"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tūṇŭ",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "തൂണ്"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "stambhaṁ",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "സ്തംഭം"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "tura",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "ᡨᡠᡵᠠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "pou"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 1 2 0 0 16",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"masculine"
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{
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{
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{
"code": "hy",
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"code": "xcl",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "as",
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"word": "খুঁটা"
},
{
"code": "as",
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"word": "থাম"
},
{
"code": "ast",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "az",
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{
"code": "az",
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{
"code": "ba",
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{
"code": "ba",
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"Eastern"
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},
{
"code": "ba",
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},
{
"code": "shi",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "bcl",
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{
"code": "br",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "br",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "bg",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "bg",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ceb",
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zhùzi",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "柱子"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "dlm",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chilauna"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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"common-gender"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
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},
{
"code": "nl",
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"word": "zuil"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "egy",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "egy",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "egy",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "eo",
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"word": "piliero"
},
{
"code": "ett",
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"roman": "fala",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sveṭi",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "სვეტი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dedaboʒi",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "დედაბოძი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "საყრდენი"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "got",
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"roman": "sauls",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "grc",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "grc",
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"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "haw",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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},
{
"code": "he",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "hi",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "स्तंभ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
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"word": "खंभा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "oszlop"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "pillér"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "pilar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "tiang"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"word": "柱"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "dıñgek",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "діңгек"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sɑsɑɑ",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "សសរ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gidung",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "기둥"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "columna"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piliorius"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "stólb",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сто́лб"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dírek",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ди́рек"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "andry"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "tiang"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tūṇŭ",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "തൂണ്"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "stambhaṁ",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "സ്തംഭം"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "tura",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "ᡨᡠᡵᠠ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "pou"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "himu"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bagana",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "багана"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "søyle"
},
{
"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "ekpó"
},
{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "direk",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "دیرك"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sotun",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "ستون"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "filar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "స్తంభము"
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
"word": "direk"
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"sense": "large post, often used as supporting architecture",
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"ref": "1910, James Morgan, Blast furnace practice",
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"ref": "1998, Zhong Lin Wang with Zhen Chuan Kang, Functional and smart materials, page 226",
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"ref": "2004, Scott M. Auerbach with Kathleen A. Carrado and Prabir K. Dutta, Handbook of layered materials, page 261",
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