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{
"etymology_text": "Referring to its unsightly protrusion from the wall socket.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wall warts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
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"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "power brick"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A power adapter containing a plug for the wall outlet."
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"word": "power adapter"
},
{
"word": "power adaptor"
},
{
"word": "power supply"
}
],
"id": "en-wall_wart-en-noun-L4lzRNqa",
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[
"power adapter",
"power adapter"
],
[
"contain",
"contain"
],
[
"plug",
"plug"
],
[
"wall",
"wall"
],
[
"outlet",
"outlet"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, humorous) A power adapter containing a plug for the wall outlet."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wall-wart"
}
],
"tags": [
"humorous",
"informal"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "power supply",
"word": "verkkolaturi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "power supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zasilacz"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "power supply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nabíjačka"
}
]
}
],
"word": "wall wart"
}
{
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "power brick"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Referring to its unsightly protrusion from the wall socket.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wall warts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "wall wart (plural wall warts)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"word": "power adapter"
},
{
"word": "power adaptor"
},
{
"word": "power supply"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"English humorous terms",
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"English nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"A power adapter containing a plug for the wall outlet."
],
"links": [
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"humorous",
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],
[
"power adapter",
"power adapter"
],
[
"contain",
"contain"
],
[
"plug",
"plug"
],
[
"wall",
"wall"
],
[
"outlet",
"outlet"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, humorous) A power adapter containing a plug for the wall outlet."
],
"tags": [
"humorous",
"informal"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wall-wart"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "power supply",
"word": "verkkolaturi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "power supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zasilacz"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "power supply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nabíjačka"
}
],
"word": "wall wart"
}
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