See treble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to multiply by three",
"word": "triplicar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to multiply by three",
"word": "tredubbla"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"treble"
],
"word": "treble"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛbəl",
"Rhymes:English/ɛbəl/2 syllables",
"en:Musical voices and registers",
"en:Three"
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "trebles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "treble (plural trebles)",
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "frame for drying paper",
"word": "tribble"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”)"
],
"links": [
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"tribble",
"tribble#English"
]
],
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"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈtɹɛbəl/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛbəl"
}
],
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"treble"
],
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}
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