See trone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The location of weighing equipment used as a place to humiliate criminals."
],
"links": [
[
"location",
"location"
],
[
"humiliate",
"humiliate"
]
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"One of the planks used to make the Holy Cross."
],
"links": [
[
"Holy Cross",
"Holy Cross"
]
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtrɔn(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtrɔːn(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "trone"
}
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