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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to determine the depth",
"word": "appiombare"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "şakullamak",
"sense": "to determine the depth",
"word": "شاقوللامق"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to determine the depth",
"word": "şakullemek"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attach to water supply or drain",
"word": "liittää vesijohtoon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attach to water supply or drain",
"word": "liittää viemäriin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to explore in depth",
"word": "syväluodata"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "puskam otves",
"sense": "to use plumb bob",
"word": "пускам отвес"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use plumb bob",
"word": "luodata"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to use plumb bob",
"word": "acchiummari"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to accurately align",
"word": "rihdata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to seal with lead",
"word": "juottaa lyijyllä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to work as plumber",
"word": "olla putkimiehenä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fall or sink like a plummet",
"word": "pudota kuin kivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fall or sink like a plummet",
"word": "upota kuin kivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to trace a road or track",
"word": "seurata"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"plumb"
],
"word": "plumb"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with homophones",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ʌm",
"Rhymes:English/ʌm/1 syllable",
"ro:Metals",
"ro:Writing instruments"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "plumbs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "plumb (plural plumbs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "the fruit",
"word": "plum"
}
],
"categories": [
"English obsolete forms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1767, Select Essays on Husbandry:",
"text": "Without attending to sub-divisions, all the pears are of one species, as well as all the apples, plumbs, peaches, cherries, lemons, citrons, oranges […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of plum (“the fruit”)."
],
"links": [
[
"plum",
"plum#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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{
"enpr": "plŭm"
},
{
"ipa": "/plʌm/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-plum.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/En-us-plum.ogg/En-us-plum.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-plum.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-plumb.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-au-plumb.ogg/En-au-plumb.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-au-plumb.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌm"
},
{
"homophone": "plum"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"plumb"
],
"word": "plumb"
}
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