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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "heap of combustibles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Feuerstapel"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "heap of combustibles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bål"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "heap of combustibles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lomača"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heap of combustibles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bål"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heap of combustibles",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kase"
}
],
"word": "pyre"
}
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