dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/rhu_MW.json

{
  "rhubarb":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a heated dispute or controversy":[],
      ": the dried rhizome and roots of any of various rhubarbs (such as Rheum officinale and R. palmatum ) grown chiefly in temperate parts of China and used in folk medicine especially as a laxative, diuretic, and ulcer treatment":[],
      ": the tart, succulent, usually pink or red petioles of rhubarb used especially in pies and preserves":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The coach got into a rhubarb with the umpire.",
      "a basketball coach whose ranting rhubarbs with officials are the stuff of legend",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Add the rhubarb and its juices to the pan, then pour in 3 Tbsp. \u2014 Christian Reynoso, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 May 2022",
      "Here a person might find the Kurdish alchemilla, the Syrian rhubarb and the Iranian onion sharing a single clearing. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "This cake looks like a traditional birthday cake on the outside, but keeps things interesting with a strawberry- rhubarb filling. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Place the rhubarb , onion, figs, wine and sugar in a saucepan and simmer gently for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. \u2014 Star Tribune , 19 May 2021",
      "These delicacies\u2014wild-cherry-and- rhubarb pasties, plump whortleberry pies, potato-and-mushroom turnovers\u2014make an appearance at every feast, and in every traveller\u2019s knapsack. \u2014 Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Sour cherries and rhubarb dominate the tart, pleasing palate on this bright, crisp wine. \u2014 Lana Bortolot, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Chopped rhubarb makes a nice, slightly tart addition, as well. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 July 2021",
      "My sister-in-law offered us ALL the rhubarb from her garden. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 16 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English rubarbe , from Anglo-French reubarbe , from Medieval Latin reubarbarum , alteration of rha barbarum , literally, barbarian rhubarb":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8r\u00fc-\u02ccb\u00e4rb"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "altercation",
      "argle-bargle",
      "argument",
      "argy-bargy",
      "battle royal",
      "bicker",
      "brawl",
      "contretemps",
      "controversy",
      "cross fire",
      "disagreement",
      "dispute",
      "donnybrook",
      "falling-out",
      "fight",
      "hassle",
      "imbroglio",
      "kickup",
      "misunderstanding",
      "quarrel",
      "row",
      "scrap",
      "set-to",
      "spat",
      "squabble",
      "tiff",
      "wrangle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210556",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "rhumbatron":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the buncher and catcher singly or in combination in a klystron":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-b\u0259\u2027\u02cctr\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "rhumba + -tron ; from the rhythmic oscillation of the waves inside it":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170916"
  },
  "rhumba":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172003"
  },
  "rhumb":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a line or course on a single bearing":[],
      ": any of the points of the mariner's compass":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8r\u0259m(b)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish rumbo rhumb, rhumb line":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193538"
  },
  "rhumb line":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a line on the surface of the earth that follows a single compass bearing and makes equal oblique angles with all meridians":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Other years, sailing the rhumb line directly to the finish, and thereby sailing fewer miles, works best. \u2014 Michael Lawler, latimes.com , 24 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish rumbo":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1669, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194712"
  },
  "rhupunt":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Welsh verse composed of three, four, or five four-syllable sections linked by cynghanedd and rhyme, the first three sections made to rhyme with each other and the fourth section to rhyme with the fourth of the next verse, and the whole written as a single line or divided into as many lines as it has rhyming sections":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8r\u0113\u02ccpint"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Welsh":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225726"
  },
  "rhusiopathia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": swine erysipelas":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccr\u00fcz\u0113\u014d\u02c8path\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, probably from Greek rhysos shriveled, wrinkled + New Latin -pathia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233405"
  },
  "rhum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": rum":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8r\u0259m",
      "\u02c8r\u022fm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from English rum":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031918"
  },
  "rhus glabra":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the dried ripe fruit of the smooth sumac used as an astringent, in gargles, and as a refrigerant":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u00e4b-",
      "-\u02c8gl\u0101br\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, literally, bald rhus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033726"
  },
  "rhus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": sumac sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8r\u00fcs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, sumac, from Greek rhous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1611, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175603"
  }
}