{
  "zephyr":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a breeze from the west":[],
      ": a gentle breeze":[],
      ": any of various lightweight fabrics and articles of clothing":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a summer zephyr gently stirred her hair",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Not some Paris-in-the-springtime zephyr , but something better suited to wintertime and the coast of Brittany. \u2014 Christopher Clarey, New York Times , 7 June 2019",
      "The movements were more scene setting than story telling, with wafting, zephyr -like patterns from piano, the themes eliding wind to string voices in a delicate and tricky texture. \u2014 By Libby Hanssen, kansascity , 16 July 2017",
      "Windsurfers lean into the prevailing southwestern zephyr at incredible speeds. \u2014 Dino Vournas, The Mercury News , 21 May 2017",
      "What lingers from this alien encounter is neither the wizardry nor the climax but the zephyr of emotional intensity that blows through the film. \u2014 Adam Davidson, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English Zephirus , west wind (personified), from Latin Zephyrus , god of the west wind & zephyrus west wind, zephyr, from Greek Zephyros & zephyros":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ze-f\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "air",
      "breath",
      "breeze",
      "puff",
      "waft"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202758",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "zeppole":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a doughnut made from cream puff dough":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian zeppole , plural of zeppola fritter, from Italian dialect (southern Italy), perhaps from Late Latin zippulae , a kind of sweet; zeppoli from It, plural of zeppolo , alteration of zeppola":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(t)se(p)\u02c8p\u014d(\u02cc)l\u0101",
      "ze-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114850",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "zepto-":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one sextillionth (10 \u221221 ) part of":[
        "zepto second"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary, probably alteration of hepta- ; from the fact that 10 21 is the seventh power of 10 3":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194554",
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ]
  },
  "zeptosecond":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one sextillionth of a second":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ultra-quick journey took 247 zeptoseconds, according to a team of German researchers, with a zeptosecond representing a trillionth of a billionth of a second. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1994, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8zep-t\u0259-\u02ccse-k\u0259nd",
      "-k\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190632",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "zephaniah":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Hebrew prophet of the seventh century b.c.":[],
      ": an apocalyptic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture \u2014 see Bible Table":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccze-f\u0259-\u02c8n\u012b-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hebrew \u1e62\u0115phany\u0101h":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080015"
  },
  "Zeph":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Zephaniah":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081611"
  },
  "Zephaniah":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Hebrew prophet of the seventh century b.c.":[],
      ": an apocalyptic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture \u2014 see Bible Table":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccze-f\u0259-\u02c8n\u012b-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hebrew \u1e62\u0115phany\u0101h":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103608"
  },
  "zep":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": zeppelin":[],
      "Zephaniah":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8zep"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by shortening":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141614"
  },
  "zeppelin":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Ferdinand (Adolf August Heinrich) 1838\u20131917 Graf von Zeppelin German general and aeronaut":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ze-p(\u0259-)l\u0259n",
      "\u02cctse-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113n",
      "\u02c8ze-p\u0259-l\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who grew up on the lake, invented the zeppelin and started building airships in Friedrichshafen in the late 1890s. \u2014 Diane Daniel, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "In other words: looming stock market blowups resembling the infamous German zeppelin that crashed in New Jersey in 1937. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 25 June 2021",
      "Though the zeppelin held the advantage in terms of safety, passenger satisfaction and reliability over long distances, the airplane enjoyed the benefit of sheer quantity, with the United States producing 3,010 civilian aircraft in 1936 alone. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2020",
      "Why did zeppelins use hydrogen instead of helium, the American airship gas of choice? \u2014 Keith O\u2019brien, New York Times , 28 Apr. 2020",
      "One of the highlights of the film takes place in the German zeppelin airship. \u2014 Susan King, Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2020",
      "Now scientists and others are starting to look at zeppelins as something more than hovering billboards like the Goodyear Blimp. \u2014 April White, Smithsonian , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "The age of huge, ocean-crossing zeppelins came to an end in 1937, when the Hindenburg \u2014 the largest craft of its type ever built \u2014 erupted in flames while landing in New Jersey. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Aug. 2019",
      "Doehner was only 8 years old when the famous zeppelin erupted into flames and crashed while docking in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937, according to his obituary. \u2014 Fox News , 17 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1908, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-164951"
  },
  "Zephyrus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the Greek god of the west wind":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ze-f\u0259-r\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-182154"
  },
  "zephyr lily":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-185125"
  },
  "Zeppelin":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Ferdinand (Adolf August Heinrich) 1838\u20131917 Graf von Zeppelin German general and aeronaut":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ze-p(\u0259-)l\u0259n",
      "\u02cctse-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113n",
      "\u02c8ze-p\u0259-l\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who grew up on the lake, invented the zeppelin and started building airships in Friedrichshafen in the late 1890s. \u2014 Diane Daniel, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "In other words: looming stock market blowups resembling the infamous German zeppelin that crashed in New Jersey in 1937. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 25 June 2021",
      "Though the zeppelin held the advantage in terms of safety, passenger satisfaction and reliability over long distances, the airplane enjoyed the benefit of sheer quantity, with the United States producing 3,010 civilian aircraft in 1936 alone. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2020",
      "Why did zeppelins use hydrogen instead of helium, the American airship gas of choice? \u2014 Keith O\u2019brien, New York Times , 28 Apr. 2020",
      "One of the highlights of the film takes place in the German zeppelin airship. \u2014 Susan King, Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2020",
      "Now scientists and others are starting to look at zeppelins as something more than hovering billboards like the Goodyear Blimp. \u2014 April White, Smithsonian , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "The age of huge, ocean-crossing zeppelins came to an end in 1937, when the Hindenburg \u2014 the largest craft of its type ever built \u2014 erupted in flames while landing in New Jersey. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Aug. 2019",
      "Doehner was only 8 years old when the famous zeppelin erupted into flames and crashed while docking in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937, according to his obituary. \u2014 Fox News , 17 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1908, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190040"
  },
  "zephyrean":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of the character of, resembling, or suggesting a light breeze":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6zef\u0259\u00a6r\u0113\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "zephyr entry 1 + -ean or -ian or -ous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191605"
  },
  "Zephyranthes":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of American bulbous plants (family Amaryllidaceae) having pink, white, or yellowish solitary flowers with broad segments and stamens of different lengths":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cczef\u0259\u02c8ran\u02ccth\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek zephyros zephyr + New Latin -anthes":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194301"
  },
  "Zep":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": zeppelin":[],
      "Zephaniah":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8zep"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by shortening":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205903"
  }
}