dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/kru_MW.json

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{
"krummholz":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": stunted forest characteristic of timberline":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kru\u0307m-\u02cch\u014dlts"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My heaven is alpine: krummholz giving way to granite, and the sky uncurling from fast-moving clouds. \u2014 Gretel Ehrlich, The Atlantic , 2 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German, from krumm crooked + Holz wood":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1903, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180844"
},
"krummhorn":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Renaissance double-reed woodwind instrument consisting of a curved boxwood tube and having a pierced cap covering the reed":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0259m-\u02cch\u022frn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German Krummhorn , from krumm curved + Horn horn":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1696, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-023212"
}
}