"skewer" meaning in English

See skewer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈskjuː.ə/ [UK], /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skewer.wav
Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ) Etymology: From skew + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skew|er}} skew + -er Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} skewer
  1. comparative form of skew: more skew Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: skew (extra: more skew)
    Sense id: en-skewer-en-adj-72hpevIa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈskjuː.ə/ [UK], /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skewer.wav Forms: skewer a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 [Alt: {{{square}}} black queen] [Alt: {{{square}}} black king] 7 6 6 5 [Alt: {{{square}}} black bishop] 5 4 [Alt: {{{square}}} white king] [Alt: {{{square}}} white rook] 4 3 [Alt: {{{square}}} white queen] 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h The white king is skewered by the black bishop [canonical], the bishop can capture the white queen. [canonical], skewers [plural]
Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|skeuier}} Middle English skeuier, {{cog|enm|*skever}} Middle English *skever, {{cog|en|skiver}} English skiver, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|is|skífa|t=to slice}} Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), {{cog|no|skive}} Norwegian skive, {{cog|sv|skiva}} Swedish skiva, {{cog|sv|skifer|t=a slate}} Swedish skifer (“a slate”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} skewer (plural skewers)
  1. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking. Categories (topical): Foods Translations (pin used to secure food during cooking): ὀβελός (obelós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), շամփուր (šampʻur) (Armenian), շիշ (šiš) [dialectal] (Armenian), шеш (şeş) (Bashkir), txitxi-burruntzi (Basque), шампу́р (šampúr) [masculine] (Belarusian), ражо́н (ražón) [masculine] (Belarusian), круця́к (krucják) [masculine] (Belarusian), шиш (šiš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), broqueta [feminine] (Catalan), 烤肉叉 (kǎoròuchā) (Chinese Mandarin), 扦子 (qiānzi) (Chinese Mandarin), špíz [masculine] (Czech), spies (Dutch), rostostango (Esperanto), varras (Estonian), varras (Finnish), paistinvarras (Finnish), brochette [feminine] (French), broche [feminine] (French), შამფური (šampuri) (Georgian), Spieß [masculine] (German), Spießchen [neuter] (German), σούβλα (soúvla) [neuter] (Greek), שיפוד (shipud) [masculine] (Hebrew), nyárs (Hungarian), spýta [feminine] (Icelandic), briogún [masculine] (Irish), scibhéar [masculine] (Irish), legnetto [masculine] (Italian), (kushi) (alt: くし) (Japanese), 꼬치 (kkochi) (Korean), 꼬챙이 (kkochaeng'i) (Korean), iesms [masculine] (Latvian), iešmas (Lithuanian), ра́жен (rážen) [masculine] (Macedonian), pūrou (Maori), pūrau (Maori), paoka (Maori), сис (sis) (Nogai), spyd [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), spyd [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شیش (şiş) (Ottoman Turkish), سیخ (sih) (Ottoman Turkish), سیخ (six) (Persian), szpikulec [masculine] (Polish), rożen [masculine] (Polish), espeto [masculine] (Portuguese), frigare [feminine] (Romanian), шампу́р (šampúr) [masculine] (Russian), ве́ртел (vértel) [masculine] (Russian), dealg [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), ра́жањ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rážanj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), špíz [masculine] (Slovak), brocheta [feminine] (Spanish), fierrito [Chile, masculine] (Spanish), anticucho (english: skewered food) [masculine] (Spanish), pincho (Spanish), chuzo [Latin-America] (Spanish), broqueta [feminine] (Spanish), brochet [Uruguay, feminine] (Spanish), asador [masculine] (Spanish), espeto [masculine] (Spanish), espedo [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), espetón [masculine] (Spanish), brochette [Uruguay, feminine] (Spanish), spett [neuter] (Swedish), pantuhog (Tagalog), ตับ (dtàp) (Thai), şiş (Turkish), роже́н (rožén) [masculine] (Ukrainian), шампу́р (šampúr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), six (Uzbek), xiên (Vietnamese), xiên nướng thịt (Vietnamese), gwäell [feminine] (Welsh), gwaellen [feminine] (Welsh)
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'pin used to secure food during cooking': 91 7 2
  2. Food served on a skewer. Categories (topical): Foods
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  3. (chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Categories (topical): Chess Translations (chess scenario): вилица (vilica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), varras (Finnish), enfilade [feminine] (French), Spieß [masculine] (German), espeto [masculine] (Portuguese), ви́лка (vílka) [feminine] (Russian), dolk [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-skewer-en-noun-lGIZRidO Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 13 14 4 9 28 Topics: board-games, chess, games Disambiguation of 'chess scenario': 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: quick release skewer
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈskjuː.ə/ [UK], /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skewer.wav Forms: skewers [plural]
Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ) Etymology: From skew + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skew|er}} skew + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} skewer (plural skewers)
  1. (rare) That which skews something. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-skewer-en-noun-16kQCwYy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈskjuː.ə/ [UK], /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skewer.wav Forms: skewers [present, singular, third-person], skewering [participle, present], skewered [participle, past], skewered [past]
Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|skeuier}} Middle English skeuier, {{cog|enm|*skever}} Middle English *skever, {{cog|en|skiver}} English skiver, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|is|skífa|t=to slice}} Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), {{cog|no|skive}} Norwegian skive, {{cog|sv|skiva}} Swedish skiva, {{cog|sv|skifer|t=a slate}} Swedish skifer (“a slate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} skewer (third-person singular simple present skewers, present participle skewering, simple past and past participle skewered)
  1. To impale on a skewer. Translations (to impale on a skewer): пронизвам (pronizvam) (Bulgarian), vastprikken met een vleespin (Dutch), aan het spit rijgen (Dutch), varrastaa (Finnish), seivästää (Finnish), embrocher (French), espetar (Galician), espichar (Galician), aufspießen (German), σουβλίζω (souvlízo) (Greek), διατρυπώ (diatrypó) (Greek), nyársal (Hungarian), felnyársal (Hungarian), nyársra húz (Hungarian), impalare (Italian), 串に刺す (kushi nisasu) (alt: くしにさす) (Japanese), 串刺しにする (kushizashi ni suru) (alt: くしざしにする) (Japanese), akbak (Kapampangan), tungi (Kapampangan), pūrou (Maori), شیشلمك (şişlemek) (Ottoman Turkish), empalar (Portuguese), насаживать (nasaživatʹ) (Russian), пронзать (pronzatʹ) (Russian), ensartar (Spanish), tumundok (Tagalog), şişlemek (Turkish)
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  2. (chess) To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it. Categories (topical): Chess Translations (chess: to attack a piece with a less valuable piece behind): varrastaa (Finnish), enfilade [feminine] (French)
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  3. (figurative) To severely mock or discredit. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Foods
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the \"Simplon-Orient Express\"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:",
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          "word": "շամփուր"
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          "word": "烤肉叉"
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          "word": "扦子"
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "quick release skewer"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "cog"
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          "ref": "1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the \"Simplon-Orient Express\"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:",
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        [
          "metal",
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        [
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          "wood"
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      ]
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      ]
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        }
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        "(chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece."
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        "since after it moves out of check"
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        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈskjuː.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
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      "rhymes": "-uːə(ɹ)"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šampʻur",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "շամփուր"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šiš",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "շիշ"
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    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "şeş",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "шеш"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "txitxi-burruntzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šampúr",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шампу́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ražón",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ражо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "krucják",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "круця́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šiš",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "broqueta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǎoròuchā",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "烤肉叉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiānzi",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "扦子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "špíz"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "spies"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "rostostango"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "varras"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "varras"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "paistinvarras"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brochette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "broche"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šampuri",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "შამფური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spieß"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Spießchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "soúvla",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σούβλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "obelós",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ὀβελός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shipud",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שיפוד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "nyárs"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spýta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "briogún"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scibhéar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legnetto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kushi",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "串"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkochi",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "꼬치"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkochaeng'i",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "꼬챙이"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iesms"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "iešmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rážen",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́жен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "pūrou"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "pūrau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "paoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "sis",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "сис"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "şiş",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "شیش"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sih",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "سیخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "six",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "سیخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szpikulec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rożen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frigare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šampúr",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шампу́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vértel",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ве́ртел"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dealg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́жањ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rážanj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "špíz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brocheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fierrito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "skewered food",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anticucho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "pincho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ],
      "word": "chuzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "broqueta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "Uruguay",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brochet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espedo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espetón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "Uruguay",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brochette"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spett"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "pantuhog"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtàp",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "ตับ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "şiş"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rožén",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "роже́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šampúr",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шампу́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "six"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "xiên"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "word": "xiên nướng thịt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwäell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "pin used to secure food during cooking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwaellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vilica",
      "sense": "chess scenario",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вилица"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chess scenario",
      "word": "varras"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chess scenario",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enfilade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chess scenario",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spieß"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chess scenario",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vílka",
      "sense": "chess scenario",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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