shade ball in English

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        "A small plastic sphere floated in large numbers on top of a reservoir, pool, etc. to slow evaporation, block sunlight, or deter birds from landing."
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        "Shade balls"
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  "word": "shade ball"
}

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        "A small plastic sphere floated in large numbers on top of a reservoir, pool, etc. to slow evaporation, block sunlight, or deter birds from landing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ],
        [
          "pool",
          "pool"
        ],
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          "evaporation",
          "evaporation"
        ],
        [
          "sunlight",
          "sunlight"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bird ball"
        }
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Shade balls"
      ]
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  "word": "shade ball"
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"shade ball" meaning in English

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