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"word": "տուֆ"
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"roman": "nínghuīyán",
"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
"word": "凝灰岩"
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "Tuffstein"
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"code": "grc",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
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"word": "móberg"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "tuf"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "tufo"
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"alt": "ぎょうかいがん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "gyōkaigan",
"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
"word": "凝灰岩"
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"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
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"roman": "watu putih",
"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
"word": "ꦮꦠꦸꦥꦸꦠꦶꦃ"
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"alt": "凝灰岩",
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "eunghoeam",
"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
"word": "응회암"
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
"word": "dleesh (rhyolitic tuff)"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "tofo"
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
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"word": "tuf"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
"word": "вулкани́ческий туф"
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
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"masculine"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "rock consolidated from volcanic ash",
"word": "đá túp"
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"ref": "2010 January 20, Robert J. Elisberg, “CES 2020 -- Ohm on the Range”, in Huffington Post, retrieved 14 Sep 2012:",
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