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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "polymer",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "cellplast"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "polymer",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skumplast"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "stiroshoym",
"sense": "polymer",
"word": "סטיראָשוים"
}
],
"word": "styrofoam"
}
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