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{
"ledum camphor":{
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"definitions":{
": ledol":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023805",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"LED":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a semiconductor diode that emits light when a voltage is applied to it and that is used especially in electronic devices (as for an indicator light)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccel-\u02cc\u0113-\u02c8d\u0113",
"\u02ccel-(\u02cc)\u0113-\u02c8d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"l ight- e mitting d iode":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144152"
},
"ledger":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a book containing accounts to which debits and credits are posted from books of original entry":[
"Psmith, perched gracefully on a stool, entered figures in a ledger .",
"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
],
": a horizontal board used for vertical support (as in scaffolding)":[
"I'd rather see joists resting on a ledger , spiked to the girders or to the house through spacers.",
"\u2014 Jim Locke"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8le-j\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Otherwise, athletic departments would consist of football, men\u2019s basketball and an equivalent number of scholarship opportunities on the women\u2019s side of the ledger . \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"But a surge in borrowing can put pressure on some banks to maintain the funding side of the ledger , further increasing competition for deposits. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"But what about the models at the other end of the ledger ",
"The left-hander got some serious help to walk away from his start Monday night with a win and only one run on his ledger . \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"The two-time PGA champion has taken eight swings at winning the Masters, the lone major missing from his own ledger , and has been in the top 5 four times, with a second-place finish earlier this year. \u2014 Dave Skretta, ajc , 18 May 2022",
"The Maulers are the USFL's only winless squad, with 17-3, 30-23 and 24-0 losses on their ledger . \u2014 Jace Evans, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
"This may have been a prototype for his larger ledger . \u2014 Rebecca Rego Barry, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But his first month at Triple-A Las Vegas hinted at his ability to make an impact on both sides of the ledger , at the plate as well as behind it. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lygger, leger large breviary, beam, probably from leyen, leggen to lay":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201158"
},
"ledger line":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a short line added above or below a musical staff to extend its range":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8le-j\u0259r-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1697, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204908"
},
"ledgeman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": breaker sense 4e":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-jm\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032330"
},
"ledgeless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having no ledge":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-jl\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032727"
},
"ledged":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having ledges":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-jd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094012"
},
"ledger board":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a horizontal board forming the top rail of a simple fence or the handrail of a balustrade":[],
": a flooring board in scaffolding":[],
": ribbon sense 2b":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100725"
},
"led":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a semiconductor diode that emits light when a voltage is applied to it and that is used especially in electronic devices (as for an indicator light)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccel-\u02cc\u0113-\u02c8d\u0113",
"\u02ccel-(\u02cc)\u0113-\u02c8d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"l ight- e mitting d iode":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120009"
},
"ledge":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a raised or projecting edge or molding intended to protect or check":[
"a window ledge"
],
": an underwater ridge or reef especially near the shore":[],
": rock that is solid or continuous enough to form ledges : bedrock":[
"the field was full of ledge"
],
": lode , vein":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lej"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"birds perched on the ledge of a building",
"a ledge on the side of the mountain",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From a hidden ledge high above the courtyard runway, a dancing troupe suddenly stood up mid-show to gasps from the audience. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Off the ice: Shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday, a helicopter eased a 2,500-pound, 25-foot steel replica of the Stanley Cup onto a ledge of the Wayne County Building. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"Prince George, age eight, appeared to reach out to the balcony\u2019s ledge , but that\u2019s not in the script, George! \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
"The ledge was 6 to 8 feet below an overlook off West Bridge Street, just west of South Rocky River Drive. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Wild columbine is a fine choice for a gravelly slope, rock ledge , or rock garden. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Gripe eliminated lots more common letters\u2014and words like ledge or hedge and so forth. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The cucumber\u2014more than three-quarters of it in shadow\u2014projects out to the viewer, moving off its ledge . \u2014 Willard Spiegelman, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"On Wednesday night, Wooten-Holway crossed a nearby intersection and decided the ledge in front of her was the perfect spot for the red coat hangers. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English legge bar of a gate":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125324"
},
"ledger paper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a strong durable medium to heavy writing paper with good erasing quality used in business ledgers and record books":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133030"
},
"ledges":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a raised or projecting edge or molding intended to protect or check":[
"a window ledge"
],
": an underwater ridge or reef especially near the shore":[],
": rock that is solid or continuous enough to form ledges : bedrock":[
"the field was full of ledge"
],
": lode , vein":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lej"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"birds perched on the ledge of a building",
"a ledge on the side of the mountain",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From a hidden ledge high above the courtyard runway, a dancing troupe suddenly stood up mid-show to gasps from the audience. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Off the ice: Shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday, a helicopter eased a 2,500-pound, 25-foot steel replica of the Stanley Cup onto a ledge of the Wayne County Building. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"Prince George, age eight, appeared to reach out to the balcony\u2019s ledge , but that\u2019s not in the script, George! \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
"The ledge was 6 to 8 feet below an overlook off West Bridge Street, just west of South Rocky River Drive. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Wild columbine is a fine choice for a gravelly slope, rock ledge , or rock garden. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Gripe eliminated lots more common letters\u2014and words like ledge or hedge and so forth. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The cucumber\u2014more than three-quarters of it in shadow\u2014projects out to the viewer, moving off its ledge . \u2014 Willard Spiegelman, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"On Wednesday night, Wooten-Holway crossed a nearby intersection and decided the ledge in front of her was the perfect spot for the red coat hangers. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English legge bar of a gate":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174453"
},
"lede":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the introductory section of a news story that is intended to entice the reader to read the full story":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u0113d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From the lede , which introduced a compelling subject who refused to be interviewed, to the graphics that helped readers keep up with the many characters, the stories connected all the dots. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Apr. 2022",
"People know how to write a lede in a certain kind of way. \u2014 Clare Malone, The New Yorker , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Save the ever-present rumble of the train, Fuller\u2019s lede plays out as a wordless dance of the Big City. \u2014 Mark Jacobson, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
"One of them was a woman in Seattle, who ended up in my lede . \u2014 Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Screenshots of Wolken\u2019s headline and lede are commonplace on his social media feeds. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Most writers are intimately familiar with the near-impossible task of writing a compelling lede \u2014 the first few lines of a story designed to hook the reader and draw them in. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 29 June 2021",
"Don\u2019t undersell yourself with a generic social lede . \u2014 Tyler Hayes, Wired , 9 June 2021",
"Representatives for those mentioned would doubtless argue that some cherry-picking went into that news lede . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 8 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of lead entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1947, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222507"
},
"ledger blade":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stationary blade in a machine for shearing cloth":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002447"
},
"ledger bait":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": fishing bait rigged so that the bait lies on the bottom below the sinker":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025717"
}
}