dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/lah_MW.json

{
  "Lahaina disease":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fungal root disease of sugar cane":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Lahaina , district and city in Maui, Hawaii":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u0259\u02c8h\u012bn\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164444",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Lahnda":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an Indo-Aryan dialect group of eastern Pakistan":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1901, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4n-d\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074143",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Lahontan, Lake":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "former lake that covered much of what is now western Nevada, at its greatest extent reached into present-day California, and that was formed by increased rainfall during the Pleistocene epoch":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u0259-\u02c8h\u00e4n-t\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180121",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Lahore":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city on the Ravi River in eastern Punjab province, Pakistan population 5,143,495":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u0259-\u02c8h\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181138",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Lahti":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in southern Finland north-northeast of Helsinki population 103,364":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124645",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "lah":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": la entry 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1843, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133455",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lah-de-dah":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": affectedly or pretentiously elegant or refined in manners or tastes":[
        "\u2026 they soon became civilized. Two years later Fabyan saw them in Westminster Palace, dressed like la-di-da English courtiers.",
        "\u2014 Samuel Eliot Morison",
        "Iris was a freshman at Climping Academy, the Santa Teresa private school located in Horton Ravine, which was so la-di-da , it totally freaked her out.",
        "\u2014 Sue Grafton"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171147",
    "type":[]
  },
  "lah-dee-dah":{
    "antonyms":[
      "modest",
      "unpretentious"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": affectedly or pretentiously elegant or refined in manners or tastes":[
        "\u2026 they soon became civilized. Two years later Fabyan saw them in Westminster Palace, dressed like la-di-da English courtiers.",
        "\u2014 Samuel Eliot Morison",
        "Iris was a freshman at Climping Academy, the Santa Teresa private school located in Horton Ravine, which was so la-di-da , it totally freaked her out.",
        "\u2014 Sue Grafton"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps alteration of lardy-dardy foppish":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u00e4-d\u0113-\u02c8d\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "affected",
      "grandiose",
      "high-minded",
      "highfalutin",
      "hifalutin",
      "ostentatious",
      "pompous",
      "pretentious",
      "snippy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060202",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "lah-di-dah":{
    "antonyms":[
      "modest",
      "unpretentious"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": affectedly or pretentiously elegant or refined in manners or tastes":[
        "\u2026 they soon became civilized. Two years later Fabyan saw them in Westminster Palace, dressed like la-di-da English courtiers.",
        "\u2014 Samuel Eliot Morison",
        "Iris was a freshman at Climping Academy, the Santa Teresa private school located in Horton Ravine, which was so la-di-da , it totally freaked her out.",
        "\u2014 Sue Grafton"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps alteration of lardy-dardy foppish":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u00e4-d\u0113-\u02c8d\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "affected",
      "grandiose",
      "high-minded",
      "highfalutin",
      "hifalutin",
      "ostentatious",
      "pompous",
      "pretentious",
      "snippy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111540",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "lahar":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a moving fluid mass composed of volcanic debris and water":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Nuts, fruits, leaves and twigs were caught in the lahar , and their fossils can be seen in the Clarno formation along the Trail of Fossils. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2020",
      "The broad forested area in the foreground is underlain by many layers of volcanic deposits, chiefly lahars and pyroclastic flows generated from past eruptions of Mount St. Helens. \u2014 Mahita Gajanan, Time , 6 June 2018",
      "Lava began flowing out of the volcano and down toward the mountain\u2019s flank and across homes and roads around 4 p.m. Dramatic video showed a fast-moving lahar slamming into a bridge on a highway between Sacatepequez and Escuintla. \u2014 Ryan Gaydos, Fox News , 2 Oct. 2018",
      "Seattle is probably safely out of reach of any future volcanic lahars , Moran said. \u2014 The Seattle Times, OregonLive.com , 8 May 2018",
      "A few days later, rainstorms caused lahars , or ashen mudslides, which damaged the areas further. \u2014 Lila Thulin, Smithsonian , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Also of concern is the potential for what are known as lahars , or flows of debris. \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian , 19 Jan. 2018",
      "The projected paths of lahars cover communities in the Stillaguamish and Skagit valleys. \u2014 Kari Bray, The Seattle Times , 19 Aug. 2018",
      "Orting is the town most vulnerable to lahar damage from Mount Rainier, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 13 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1929, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Javanese":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00e4-\u02cch\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163957",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}