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{
"form": "sealing waxes",
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"plural"
]
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"word": "sealing-wax red"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened."
],
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],
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"seal"
]
],
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"word": "sealing-wax"
}
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "surhúč",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сургу́ч"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljak",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ляк"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "červén vósǎk",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "черве́н во́сък"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "封蠟"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēnglà",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "封蜡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huǒqī",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "火漆"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zegelwas"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "sigelvakso"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "sinettivaha"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cire à cacheter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Siegellack"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "voulokéri",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "βουλοκέρι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "spanyolviasz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "pecsétviasz"
},
{
"alt": "ふうろう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fūrō",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "封蝋"
},
{
"alt": "封蠟",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bongnap",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "봉랍"
},
{
"code": "nog",
"lang": "Nogai",
"roman": "lav",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "лав"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lak"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lacre"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "surgúč",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сургу́ч"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cèir-sheulachaidh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lacre"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "lakre"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "lakka",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "లక్క"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "surhúč",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сургу́ч"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sealing wax"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsiːlɪŋ ˌwæks/"
},
{
"enpr": "sēlʹĭng wăks'"
}
],
"word": "sealing wax"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "sealing-wax red"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "sealing waxes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "sealing wax (usually uncountable, plural sealing waxes)",
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
],
"glosses": [
"Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened."
],
"links": [
[
"Wax",
"wax"
],
[
"melt",
"melt"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"seal",
"seal"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"wikipedia": [
"sealing wax"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsiːlɪŋ ˌwæks/"
},
{
"enpr": "sēlʹĭng wăks'"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sealing-wax"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "surhúč",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сургу́ч"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljak",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ляк"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "červén vósǎk",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "черве́н во́сък"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "封蠟"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēnglà",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "封蜡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huǒqī",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "火漆"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zegelwas"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "sigelvakso"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "sinettivaha"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cire à cacheter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Siegellack"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "voulokéri",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "βουλοκέρι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "spanyolviasz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "pecsétviasz"
},
{
"alt": "ふうろう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fūrō",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "封蝋"
},
{
"alt": "封蠟",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bongnap",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "봉랍"
},
{
"code": "nog",
"lang": "Nogai",
"roman": "lav",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "лав"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lak"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lacre"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "surgúč",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сургу́ч"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cèir-sheulachaidh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lacre"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "lakre"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "lakka",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"word": "లక్క"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "surhúč",
"sense": "wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сургу́ч"
}
],
"word": "sealing wax"
}
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