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"ref": "2020 March 11, “Network News: Water fountains cut plastic waste”, in Rail, page 23",
"text": "Network Rail says the introduction of free water fountains at its managed stations has helped to save the equivalent of three million plastic bottles from entering landfill.",
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"A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office."
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},
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"word": "bubbler"
}
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"translations": [
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"word": "飲水機"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǐnshuǐjī",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"word": "饮水机"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"word": "drinkfontein"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"word": "juoma-allas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fontaine à eau"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abreuvoir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Trinkbrunnen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wasserspender"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"word": "tó háálínígi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fuente de agua"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fuente"
}
]
}
],
"word": "water fountain"
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"examples": [
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"ref": "2020 March 11, “Network News: Water fountains cut plastic waste”, in Rail, page 23",
"text": "Network Rail says the introduction of free water fountains at its managed stations has helped to save the equivalent of three million plastic bottles from entering landfill.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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],
"links": [
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]
}
],
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{
"word": "drinking fountain"
},
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"tags": [
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"word": "bubbler"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"word": "飲水機"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǐnshuǐjī",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"word": "饮水机"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"word": "drinkfontein"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"word": "juoma-allas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fontaine à eau"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abreuvoir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Trinkbrunnen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wasserspender"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"word": "tó háálínígi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fuente de agua"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device designed to dispense drinking water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fuente"
}
],
"word": "water fountain"
}
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