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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"word": "тромбон"
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sw",
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
"word": "trombon"
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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"sense": "a musical instrument in the brass family",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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