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{
"etymology_text": "Short for polythene tunnel.",
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{
"form": "polytunnels",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Agriculture",
"orig": "en:Agriculture",
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Horticulture",
"orig": "en:Horticulture",
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"Botany",
"Applied sciences",
"Biology",
"Sciences",
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}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 24",
"text": "He made a gesture that incorporated the compost heap, the polytunnels, and the potting bench.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A tunnel made of polyethylene, used to grow plants that require a higher temperature and/or humidity than that which is available in the environment."
],
"id": "en-polytunnel-en-noun-1uUKUfJ0",
"links": [
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"tunnel",
"tunnel"
],
[
"polyethylene",
"polyethylene"
],
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"temperature",
"temperature"
],
[
"humidity",
"humidity"
],
[
"environment",
"environment"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "polyhouse"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "politunel",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"word": "политунел"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"word": "kasvutunneli"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Folientunnel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Foliengewächshaus"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tunnelväxthus"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"word": "tünel sera"
}
]
}
],
"word": "polytunnel"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Short for polythene tunnel.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "polytunnels",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "polytunnel (plural polytunnels)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
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"en:Agriculture",
"en:Horticulture"
],
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{
"ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 24",
"text": "He made a gesture that incorporated the compost heap, the polytunnels, and the potting bench.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A tunnel made of polyethylene, used to grow plants that require a higher temperature and/or humidity than that which is available in the environment."
],
"links": [
[
"tunnel",
"tunnel"
],
[
"polyethylene",
"polyethylene"
],
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"temperature",
"temperature"
],
[
"humidity",
"humidity"
],
[
"environment",
"environment"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "polyhouse"
}
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "politunel",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"word": "политунел"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"word": "kasvutunneli"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Folientunnel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Foliengewächshaus"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tunnelväxthus"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a polyethylene tunnel",
"word": "tünel sera"
}
],
"word": "polytunnel"
}
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