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"word": "greaseproof paper"
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"ref": "1989 August 12, Sarah Schulman, “A Black Person Is More Than Nikes And Public Enemy”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 5, page 10",
"text": "Even Sal's Pizzeria looks like a gentrified invention from Brooklyn Heights. Where's the greasy wax paper on the floor and the spilled Orange Crush on the plastic seats?",
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],
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"word": "butter paper"
},
{
"word": "paraffin paper"
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{
"word": "sandwich paper"
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{
"word": "waxed paper"
},
{
"word": "waxpaper"
},
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}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waraq šamʕ",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَرَق شَمْع"
},
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"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
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],
"word": "مُهْرَق"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paper encerat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "蠟紙"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "làzhǐ",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "蜡纸"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voskovaný papír"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voskový papír"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "voipaperi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ölpapier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wachspapier"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "keroméno chartí",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κερωμένο χαρτί"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "páipéar céarach"
},
{
"alt": "ろうがみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rōgami",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "蝋紙"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "pepa wākiha"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hârtie cerată"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voščánka",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "воща́нка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voščónnaja bumága",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вощённая бума́га"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"Central-America",
"Cuba",
"Mexico",
"Puerto-Rico",
"Spain",
"masculine"
],
"word": "papel encerado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"Argentina",
"Bolivia",
"Chile",
"Paraguay",
"Peru",
"Uruguay",
"Venezuela",
"masculine"
],
"word": "papel manteca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"Colombia",
"Dominican-Republic",
"Ecuador",
"masculine"
],
"word": "papel de cera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "smörgåspapper"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "smörpapper"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "giấy sáp"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "giấy nến"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papur cwyr"
}
]
}
],
"word": "wax paper"
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{
"word": "parchment paper"
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"ref": "1989 August 12, Sarah Schulman, “A Black Person Is More Than Nikes And Public Enemy”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 5, page 10",
"text": "Even Sal's Pizzeria looks like a gentrified invention from Brooklyn Heights. Where's the greasy wax paper on the floor and the spilled Orange Crush on the plastic seats?",
"type": "quotation"
}
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],
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"moistureproof",
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],
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],
[
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"word": "butter paper"
},
{
"word": "paraffin paper"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "waxed paper"
},
{
"word": "waxpaper"
},
{
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"translations": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waraq šamʕ",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَرَق شَمْع"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muhraq",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُهْرَق"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paper encerat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "蠟紙"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "làzhǐ",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "蜡纸"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voskovaný papír"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voskový papír"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "voipaperi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ölpapier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wachspapier"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "keroméno chartí",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κερωμένο χαρτί"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "páipéar céarach"
},
{
"alt": "ろうがみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rōgami",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "蝋紙"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "pepa wākiha"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hârtie cerată"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voščánka",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "воща́нка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voščónnaja bumága",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вощённая бума́га"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"Central-America",
"Cuba",
"Mexico",
"Puerto-Rico",
"Spain",
"masculine"
],
"word": "papel encerado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"Argentina",
"Bolivia",
"Chile",
"Paraguay",
"Peru",
"Uruguay",
"Venezuela",
"masculine"
],
"word": "papel manteca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"Colombia",
"Dominican-Republic",
"Ecuador",
"masculine"
],
"word": "papel de cera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "smörgåspapper"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "smörpapper"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "giấy sáp"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"word": "giấy nến"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papur cwyr"
}
],
"word": "wax paper"
}
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