small letter in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "small letters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "capital letter"
        }
      ],
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        "A lower-case letter, (a, b, c, as opposed to A, B, C), normally used in a text."
      ],
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        ],
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          "normally"
        ],
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          "text",
          "text"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
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          "word": "lower-case letter"
        },
        {
          "word": "minuscule"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Printing",
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        "A character that was once stored in the bottom half of a compositor's typecase."
      ],
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          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
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          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "store",
          "store"
        ],
        [
          "compositor",
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        [
          "typecase",
          "typecase"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing, historical) A character that was once stored in the bottom half of a compositor's typecase."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "small letter"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "small letters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "expansion": "small letter (plural small letters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "capital letter"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A lower-case letter, (a, b, c, as opposed to A, B, C), normally used in a text."
      ],
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        [
          "lower-case",
          "lower-case"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "normally",
          "normally"
        ],
        [
          "text",
          "text"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lower-case letter"
        },
        {
          "word": "minuscule"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with historical senses",
        "en:Printing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A character that was once stored in the bottom half of a compositor's typecase."
      ],
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          "printing#Noun"
        ],
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          "character",
          "character"
        ],
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          "store",
          "store"
        ],
        [
          "compositor",
          "compositor"
        ],
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          "typecase",
          "typecase"
        ]
      ],
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        "(printing, historical) A character that was once stored in the bottom half of a compositor's typecase."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "small letter"
}

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"small letter" meaning in English

Noun

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