second hand in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "second hand",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "second hands",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "The second hand is the clock hand that shows the number of seconds passed."
      ],
      "id": "simple-second_hand-en-noun-IeDaVVBw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "second hand"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "second hand",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "second hands",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The second hand is the clock hand that shows the number of seconds passed."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "second hand"
}

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"second hand" meaning in English

Noun