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"A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool."
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"stone",
"stone"
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[
"bonded",
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"hone",
"hone"
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[
"edged",
"edged"
],
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"tool",
"tool"
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
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"feminine"
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"word": "gashtë"
},
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"roman": "misann",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mijlaḵa",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مِجْلَخَة"
},
{
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"roman": "mišḥaḏ",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مِشْحَذ"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hesan",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "հեսան"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "asjalók",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "асялок"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "točilo",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "точило"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
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"roman": "brus",
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"masculine"
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"word": "брус"
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{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra esmoladora"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
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"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra d'esmolar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "módāoshí",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "磨刀石"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "móshí",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "磨石"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "bilev"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brousek"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "slibesten"
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{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "slijpsteen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "akrigilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "hiomakivi"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "kovasin"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pierre à aiguiser"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aiguisoir"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra de afiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schleifstein"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wetzstein"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Abziehstein"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akóni",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ακόνι"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "akónē",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀκόνη"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "thēgánē",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "θηγάνη"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "hac",
"lang": "Gurani",
"roman": "hasān",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "ھەسان"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "éven hasaá",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אבן השאה"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "éven mashkhézet",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אבן משחזת"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "köszörűkő"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "fenőkő"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "kaszakő"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "akutigilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cote"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toishi",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "砥石"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togiishi",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "磨石"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thmɑɑsɑmliəngkambət",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "ថ្មសំលៀងកាំបិត"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"class-5"
],
"word": "inooro"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sutdol",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "숫돌"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "hesan",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "ھەسان"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "hesan"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "hesan",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "ھەسان"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chëut"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "streičs"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cōs"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "galoda"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tecīla"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "galąstuvas"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "pustyklė"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "tekėlas"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schläifsteen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "tūāhōanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "hōanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "wheston"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bilüü",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "билүү"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xajlga",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хайлга"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "nrm",
"lang": "Narom",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "affileuse"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hwetstān"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hein"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bileği",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "بلگو"
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{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "afsân",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "افسان"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
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"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fasân",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "فسان"
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{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "سان"
},
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"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Watsteen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schliepsteen (nds)"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "våslă"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "osełka"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mó"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "rmn",
"lang": "Balkan-Romani",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "asan"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "rmn",
"lang": "Balkan-Romani",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "tros"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "rmn",
"lang": "Balkan-Romani",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "beledǐn"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gresie"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cute"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oselók",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "осело́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брус"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "točílʹnyj kámenʹ",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "точи́льный ка́мень"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "točílo",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "точи́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "whatstane"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "brus"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брус"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brus"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "muela"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedra de afilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedra de amolar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "suguo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "brynsten"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bryne"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"common-gender",
"dialectal"
],
"word": "hen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "slipsten"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "bugaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "kamanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hǐn-láp-mîit",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "หินลับมีด"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 4",
"code": "tr",
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"word": "Schläifsteen"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "tūāhōanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "hōanga"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "wheston"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bilüü",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
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"word": "билүү"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xajlga",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хайлга"
},
{
"code": "nrm",
"lang": "Narom",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "affileuse"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hwetstān"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hein"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bileği",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "بلگو"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "afsân",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "افسان"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fasân",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "فسان"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sân",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "سان"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Watsteen"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schliepsteen (nds)"
},
{
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "våslă"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "osełka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mó"
},
{
"code": "rmn",
"lang": "Balkan-Romani",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "asan"
},
{
"code": "rmn",
"lang": "Balkan-Romani",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "tros"
},
{
"code": "rmn",
"lang": "Balkan-Romani",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "beledǐn"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gresie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cute"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oselók",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "осело́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brus",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брус"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "točílʹnyj kámenʹ",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "точи́льный ка́мень"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "točílo",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "точи́ло"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "whatstane"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brus"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брус"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brus"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "muela"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedra de afilar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedra de amolar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "suguo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "brynsten"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bryne"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"common-gender",
"dialectal"
],
"word": "hen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "slipsten"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "bugaan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "kamanga"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hǐn-láp-mîit",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "หินลับมีด"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "bileği taşı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "brus",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брус"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oslá",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "осла́"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "đá mài"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agalen"
}
],
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"whetstone"
],
"word": "whetstone"
}
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"tags": [
"US"
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"US"
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"US"
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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 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c 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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