{
  "x":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a graphic device for reproducing the letter x":[],
      ": a graphic representation of this letter":[],
      ": a speech counterpart of orthographic x":[],
      ": an unknown quantity":[],
      ": of such a nature that admission is denied to persons under a specified age (such as 17)":[
        "\u2014 used before the adoption of NC-17"
      ],
      ": one designated x especially as the 24th in order or class, or the first in an order or class that includes x, y, and sometimes z":[],
      ": something shaped like or marked with the letter X":[],
      ": ten \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
      ": the 24th letter of the English alphabet":[],
      ": to cancel or obliterate with a series of x 's":[
        "\u2014 usually used with out x-ed out the mistake"
      ],
      ": to mark with an x":[],
      "by":[
        "\u2014 used in nonmathematical constructions He drove a 4 x 4 vehicle."
      ],
      "cross":[],
      "ex":[],
      "experimental":[],
      "extra":[],
      "times":[
        "2 x 3 = 6",
        "The picture was enlarged 3 x [=enlarged to three times the original size] ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a word that starts with an x",
      "a word that starts with x"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1970, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "circa 1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8eks"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192111",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "symbol",
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}