dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/cot_MW.json

{
  "Cotton":{
    "antonyms":[
      "miss"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a crop of cotton":[],
      ": a downy cottony substance produced by various plants (such as the cottonwood )":[],
      ": a soft usually white fibrous substance composed of the hairs surrounding the seeds of various erect freely branching tropical plants (genus Gossypium ) of the mallow family":[],
      ": fabric made of cotton":[],
      ": to come to understand":[
        "\u2014 used with to or on to cottoned on to the fact that our children work furiously \u2014 H. M. McLuhan"
      ],
      ": to take a liking":[
        "\u2014 used with to cottons to people easily"
      ],
      ": yarn spun from cotton":[],
      "Charles 1630\u20131687 English author and translator":[],
      "John 1585\u20131652 American (English-born) Puritan clergyman":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They are in the field picking cotton .",
      "She doesn't wear cotton in the winter.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Impact from droughts in Texas, the largest producer of cotton , has put stress on the industry, said Zhu. \u2014 Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
      "The down is certified by the Responsible Down Standard for traceability in the supply chain, and the outer cover is made of cotton . \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Tross posted about the incident on Facebook last week, including a photo of the boll of cotton that her daughter took home from school. \u2014 Justin Murphy, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
      "School officials in western New York are investigating claims that a White teacher instructed his students, most of whom were Black, to pick seeds out of cotton while wearing handcuffs during class. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "When making his slabs, which from a distance resemble paintings, Beasley first dyes a bunch of cotton . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Great for warm weather, the lightweight top is made mostly of polyester and a bit of cotton . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Given that there may be a shortage in raw materials given the Russia-Ukraine war and there already had been a shortage of cotton due to supply chain challenges preceding the war, hemp may become invaluable in fulfilling those uses again. \u2014 John Berlau, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The six-panel hat is made of cotton and features the Parisian luxury label\u2019s iconic tiger head. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And regulators cotton on to certain tactics and try to crack down, well, the drug companies find another avenue. \u2014 al , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Induction electric stoves seem to be finally making serious inroads in the American market after many years of slow uptake, as people cotton on to the danger of gas and the nifty properties of induction. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Maybe voters didn\u2019t cotton to her valentine to the \u201980s, which is a shame. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Hopefully, moderates will cotton on to these new political realities and join a unified Democratic team. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Young women were among the first to cotton on to TikTok\u2019s appeal. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The Atlantic , 20 Nov. 2020",
      "Over the past 15 years, the public has cottoned on. \u2014 The Economist , 30 May 2020",
      "The animals don't cotton to coyotes but are docile and shy toward people and Kias. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 17 Feb. 2020",
      "Conscious consumers have cottoned onto this, and are now looking for products formulated with zero, or very little, water or those that can be used without (or with less) water. \u2014 refinery29.com , 6 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English coton , from Anglo-French cotun , from Old Italian cotone , from Arabic qu\u1e6dun, qu\u1e6dn":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4t-\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "appreciate",
      "apprehend",
      "assimilate",
      "behold",
      "catch",
      "catch on (to)",
      "cognize",
      "compass",
      "comprehend",
      "conceive",
      "decipher",
      "decode",
      "dig",
      "discern",
      "get",
      "grasp",
      "grok",
      "intuit",
      "know",
      "make",
      "make out",
      "perceive",
      "recognize",
      "register",
      "savvy",
      "see",
      "seize",
      "sense",
      "tumble (to)",
      "twig",
      "understand"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203649",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "Cotton Whig":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": member of the northern Whig party about 1850 especially in Massachusetts who favored a conciliatory policy toward the South":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115658",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coterie":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose":[
        "a coterie of artists",
        "a coterie of astronomers"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "her coterie of fellow musicians",
      "His films are admired by a small coterie of critics.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Human activity, after all, brought monkeypox to the U.S. in 2003, and into a coterie of prairie dogs that included Chewy and Monkey. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
      "But for a coterie of Sicilian nobles who grew up with remote family memories of splendor, these homes remain a living presence. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
      "Monday\u2019s pain for markets was worldwide as investors braced for more aggressive moves from a coterie of central banks. \u2014 Stan Choe, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
      "Among Utah\u2019s coterie of nervous advocates for the Great Salt Lake, Owens Lake has become shorthand for the risks of failing to act quickly enough and the grave damage if the lake dries up, the contents of its bed spinning into the air. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Appointed in 1982, Ch\u00e9reau spent a decade at Amandiers, shaping a coterie of actors. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
      "Fashion designer Valentino had a coterie of six adorable pugs who traveled with him on his private jet. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "People were tired of looking through shopwindows at glittering imports while a coterie of oligarchs were permitted to buy up the country\u2019s most valuable state enterprises for kopecks on the ruble. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Biden, who was first elected to the Senate in 1972, has had a coterie of advisors for decades while Harris has a small group of people that is largely new to her. \u2014 Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times , 25 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1738, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French, \"group of persons joined by a common interest,\" earlier, \"group of peasants owing labor service or rent to a lord,\" going back to Middle French (Picard) \"tenure of a free peasant,\" from cotier \"peasant on a smallholding, cottar \" + -erie -ery":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u014d-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113",
      "\u02c8k\u014d-t\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "body",
      "bunch",
      "circle",
      "clan",
      "clique",
      "community",
      "coven",
      "crowd",
      "fold",
      "gal\u00e8re",
      "gang",
      "klatch",
      "klatsch",
      "lot",
      "network",
      "pack",
      "ring",
      "set"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224012",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coterminous":{
    "antonyms":[
      "asynchronous",
      "noncontemporary",
      "nonsimultaneous",
      "nonsynchronous"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": coextensive in scope or duration":[
        "\u2026 an experience of life coterminous with the years of his father.",
        "\u2014 Elizabeth Hardwick"
      ],
      ": having the same or coincident (see coincident sense 2 ) boundaries":[
        "a voting district coterminous with the city"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the Alfred Lunt\u2013Lynn Fontanne partnership was more or less coterminous with Broadway's golden age",
      "Massachusetts' Nantucket County isn't quite coterminous with the island of the same name, as the county includes two small nearby islets.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Although time was still widely regarded as fluid and coterminous with eternity, the monastery was governed by the rhythms of that most modern instrument: the clock. \u2014 Meghan O\u2019gieblyn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Which means that on the starboard side of American politics, the Overton window has now shifted far beyond the boundaries of democratic self-government to a place broadly coterminous with fascism. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 28 July 2021",
      "Its onset in the late 16th century was particularly noticeable in Anatolia, a largely rural region that once formed the heartland of the Ottoman Empire and is roughly coterminous with modern-day Turkey. \u2014 Andrea Duffy, The Conversation , 7 June 2021",
      "Stan had a massive share in that, but SLM wasn\u2019t coterminous with his own self \u2014 something that would come back to bite him later. \u2014 Abraham Riesman, Vulture , 12 Feb. 2021",
      "But low-lying parishes such as Orleans, which is coterminous with New Orleans city, also prepare to shelter those who can\u2019t afford hotels, don\u2019t have cars, or have disabilities that makes evacuation more precarious. \u2014 Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic , 25 Aug. 2020",
      "Until the end of the 19th century, Kings County, the county coterminous with Brooklyn, was the second-largest provider of produce in the country, according to the BHS. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 July 2020",
      "Our ability to transform patterns of human energy use is coterminous with our ability to imagine a different economy, a different model of human enterprise and togetherness. \u2014 Aaron Timms, The New Republic , 18 May 2020",
      "For many, the mere notion of coterminous catastrophes is unconscionable. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, The Atlantic , 9 May 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of conterminous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8t\u0259r-m\u0259-n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "coetaneous",
      "coeval",
      "coexistent",
      "coexisting",
      "coextensive",
      "coincident",
      "coincidental",
      "concurrent",
      "contemporaneous",
      "contemporary",
      "simultaneous",
      "synchronic",
      "synchronous"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072952",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "cotillion":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ballroom dance for couples that resembles the quadrille":[],
      ": a formal ball":[],
      ": an elaborate dance with frequent changing of partners carried out under the leadership of one couple at formal balls":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "young men hoping to meet the women of their dreams at the cotillion",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In lieu of a debutante cotillion or other social ritual, the coming-out of my hair would mark my transition from girl to teenager. \u2014 Michaela Angela Davis, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "The miserable-looking cotillion involves spats among contestants when Rachel and Suzan argue who gets to wear a silver sparkly dress, and Calah and Sara Rose feud over an issue that is never actually explained. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "By the 1920s, Greek life had become a way for wealthy Southern belles like Zelda Fitzgerald to escape the restraints (literally and figuratively) of cotillion corsetry. \u2014 Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "The execution scene, its appalling cruelty cloaked in ceremony, bears a grotesque resemblance to the presentation of debutantes at a cotillion ball. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "The heroine\u2019s mother, Eunice ( Erica Gimpel ), presides over a Harlem finishing school that prepares proper little girls for cotillion . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2020",
      "Committee members of the cotillion and past alumni will host a social distance parade to crown the 2020 Miss Cotillion. \u2014 Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com , 1 May 2020",
      "Also cotillion dresses in silver and emerald green and evening gowns encrusted in three-dimensional metallic blooms. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "The cotillion is all about push and pull, and tension and release. \u2014 Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com , 11 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1728, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French cotillon , literally, petticoat, from Old French, from cote coat":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u014d-\u02c8til-y\u0259n",
      "k\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ball",
      "dance",
      "formal",
      "hop",
      "prom"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205437",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cotillon":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ballroom dance for couples that resembles the quadrille":[],
      ": a formal ball":[],
      ": an elaborate dance with frequent changing of partners carried out under the leadership of one couple at formal balls":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "young men hoping to meet the women of their dreams at the cotillion",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In lieu of a debutante cotillion or other social ritual, the coming-out of my hair would mark my transition from girl to teenager. \u2014 Michaela Angela Davis, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "The miserable-looking cotillion involves spats among contestants when Rachel and Suzan argue who gets to wear a silver sparkly dress, and Calah and Sara Rose feud over an issue that is never actually explained. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "By the 1920s, Greek life had become a way for wealthy Southern belles like Zelda Fitzgerald to escape the restraints (literally and figuratively) of cotillion corsetry. \u2014 Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "The execution scene, its appalling cruelty cloaked in ceremony, bears a grotesque resemblance to the presentation of debutantes at a cotillion ball. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "The heroine\u2019s mother, Eunice ( Erica Gimpel ), presides over a Harlem finishing school that prepares proper little girls for cotillion . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2020",
      "Committee members of the cotillion and past alumni will host a social distance parade to crown the 2020 Miss Cotillion. \u2014 Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com , 1 May 2020",
      "Also cotillion dresses in silver and emerald green and evening gowns encrusted in three-dimensional metallic blooms. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "The cotillion is all about push and pull, and tension and release. \u2014 Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com , 11 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1728, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French cotillon , literally, petticoat, from Old French, from cote coat":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u014d-\u02c8til-y\u0259n",
      "k\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ball",
      "dance",
      "formal",
      "hop",
      "prom"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015815",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cotton":{
    "antonyms":[
      "miss"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a crop of cotton":[],
      ": a downy cottony substance produced by various plants (such as the cottonwood )":[],
      ": a soft usually white fibrous substance composed of the hairs surrounding the seeds of various erect freely branching tropical plants (genus Gossypium ) of the mallow family":[],
      ": fabric made of cotton":[],
      ": to come to understand":[
        "\u2014 used with to or on to cottoned on to the fact that our children work furiously \u2014 H. M. McLuhan"
      ],
      ": to take a liking":[
        "\u2014 used with to cottons to people easily"
      ],
      ": yarn spun from cotton":[],
      "Charles 1630\u20131687 English author and translator":[],
      "John 1585\u20131652 American (English-born) Puritan clergyman":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They are in the field picking cotton .",
      "She doesn't wear cotton in the winter.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Impact from droughts in Texas, the largest producer of cotton , has put stress on the industry, said Zhu. \u2014 Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
      "The down is certified by the Responsible Down Standard for traceability in the supply chain, and the outer cover is made of cotton . \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Tross posted about the incident on Facebook last week, including a photo of the boll of cotton that her daughter took home from school. \u2014 Justin Murphy, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
      "School officials in western New York are investigating claims that a White teacher instructed his students, most of whom were Black, to pick seeds out of cotton while wearing handcuffs during class. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "When making his slabs, which from a distance resemble paintings, Beasley first dyes a bunch of cotton . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Great for warm weather, the lightweight top is made mostly of polyester and a bit of cotton . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Given that there may be a shortage in raw materials given the Russia-Ukraine war and there already had been a shortage of cotton due to supply chain challenges preceding the war, hemp may become invaluable in fulfilling those uses again. \u2014 John Berlau, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The six-panel hat is made of cotton and features the Parisian luxury label\u2019s iconic tiger head. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And regulators cotton on to certain tactics and try to crack down, well, the drug companies find another avenue. \u2014 al , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Induction electric stoves seem to be finally making serious inroads in the American market after many years of slow uptake, as people cotton on to the danger of gas and the nifty properties of induction. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Maybe voters didn\u2019t cotton to her valentine to the \u201980s, which is a shame. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Hopefully, moderates will cotton on to these new political realities and join a unified Democratic team. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Young women were among the first to cotton on to TikTok\u2019s appeal. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The Atlantic , 20 Nov. 2020",
      "Over the past 15 years, the public has cottoned on. \u2014 The Economist , 30 May 2020",
      "The animals don't cotton to coyotes but are docile and shy toward people and Kias. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 17 Feb. 2020",
      "Conscious consumers have cottoned onto this, and are now looking for products formulated with zero, or very little, water or those that can be used without (or with less) water. \u2014 refinery29.com , 6 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English coton , from Anglo-French cotun , from Old Italian cotone , from Arabic qu\u1e6dun, qu\u1e6dn":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4t-\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "appreciate",
      "apprehend",
      "assimilate",
      "behold",
      "catch",
      "catch on (to)",
      "cognize",
      "compass",
      "comprehend",
      "conceive",
      "decipher",
      "decode",
      "dig",
      "discern",
      "get",
      "grasp",
      "grok",
      "intuit",
      "know",
      "make",
      "make out",
      "perceive",
      "recognize",
      "register",
      "savvy",
      "see",
      "seize",
      "sense",
      "tumble (to)",
      "twig",
      "understand"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191636",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "cotton (to":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to begin to like (someone or something)":[
        "We cottoned to our new neighbors right away.",
        "He doesn't cotton to the idea of having children."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082655",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "cotton (to ":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": to begin to like (someone or something)"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-032148",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "cotton (to)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to begin to like (someone or something)":[
        "We cottoned to our new neighbors right away.",
        "He doesn't cotton to the idea of having children."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102856",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "cotton grass":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a genus ( Eriophorum ) of sedges with tufted spikes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass , pitcher plants, blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries. \u2014 Juliana Hanle, Scientific American , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "On Huvudsk\u00e4r, one of the archipelago\u2019s final outposts, heather, cotton grass , and crowberry grow in rock crevices. \u2014 National Geographic , 14 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1597, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-085939"
  },
  "cotton stripper":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": stripper sense 3b":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200853",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cotton swab":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a short stick that has round pieces of cotton at both ends":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194127",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cotton teal":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the Indian pygmy goose ( Nettapus coromandelianus )":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably so called from the white cottony patches on the wings of the male":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112129",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cotton thistle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a biennial white-tomentose prickly Eurasian herb ( Onopordon acanthium ) with pale purple flowers that is naturalized in North America":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053451",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cotton tie":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a band of steel used to encircle a bale of cotton and thus hold it together":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075338",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      "But fireworks shows seen through cotton wool are another fine old New Year\u2019s tradition in the Port City, and the celebration greeting 2022 was a far cry from the silence at the dawn of 2021. \u2014 al , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "The masks are partly filled with organic cotton wool creating the puffiness of the coat. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Take your cotton balls (or any kind of cotton wool , really) and soak it in acetone. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Marie Claire , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "One teenager left New York for college and encountered the children of the Midwest, most of whom looked to have been wrapped in cotton wool their entire lives. \u2014 Craig Taylor, Time , 24 Mar. 2021",
      "Balls of cotton wool were teased into fluffy piles\u2014a fire hazard, given their flammability and the hot studio lights. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "The player that all Arsenal fans will want to wrap up in cotton wool ahead of their return to Premier League action against Sheffield United. \u2014 SI.com , 16 Oct. 2019",
      "Girls in low-middle-income countries report using materials like cloths, cotton wool , tissue paper or disposable pads to manage their periods, the study said. \u2014 Nina Avramova, CNN , 16 July 2019",
      "On a twin bed covered by a thin clear plastic sheet, sat a bag with surgical gloves, a jar of petroleum jelly, cotton wool , some pain killers and the needle, attached to a long, thin tube, which is used to drain the fluid into a bucket on the floor. \u2014 Alex Platt, CNN , 24 May 2018"
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      ": any of several rather small North American rabbits (genus Sylvilagus ) sandy to grayish brown in color with a white-tufted underside of the tail":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Currently, only cottontail rabbits can make it through the barrier\u2019s four-inch-wide bollards. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "National Park Service rangers warn that a rare virus is sickening and killing wild cottontail rabbits in Dinosaur National Monument. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "An array of plants and animals \u2014 including white-tailed deer, cottontail rabbits, jackrabbits, and birds such as flycatchers, olive sparrows, and two types of tropical kingfishers \u2014 call the area home. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Virginia opossum, cottontail rabbit, white-tail deer and coyote. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "One moment when all was very quiet, the whistling song of a Northern cardinal pierced the silence, while an Eastern cottontail rabbit hopped through the grasses. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Unlike squirrels found in Alaska, fox squirrels are big, almost as much meat as a cottontail rabbit, and delicious on the table. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Nov. 2020",
      "To date, six counties, including San Diego, have detected the disease in wild cottontail rabbits and/or jackrabbits. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2021",
      "Each cocoa cottontail is hand-made and can require up to two business days, so hop to it and secure one for your tablescape. \u2014 Joanna O'leary, Chron , 29 Mar. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      "The toys are stuffed with a cottony material.",
      "The flowers are small and cottony .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Buy medium eggplant that is not cottony or bruised. \u2014 The View, ABC News , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Mealy bugs are distinguished by the white wax covering their body and egg sacs that give them a cottony appearance. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Nov. 2019",
      "The white, cottony look is due to a waxy coating that conceals the insects and their egg masses. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 29 June 2019"
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      "New Latin, from Greek kotyl\u0113d\u014dn cup-shaped hollow, from kotyl\u0113 cup, anything hollow":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202015"
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    "first_known_use":{
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      ": a blight of cotton caused by a fungus ( Verticillium albo-atrum ) and characterized by pale yellow mottled areas on the leaves":[]
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      "the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mahomes and Matthews celebrated their daughter's first birthday with an elaborate party, which included a pink ball pit, cotton candy station and bounce house. \u2014 Jacklyn Krol, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Strong winds were responsible for more than just knocking a few sticks of cotton candy from the hands of seemingly inconsolable children. \u2014 Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal , 1 May 2022",
      "Styled into a high ponytail, her hair is two-toned in shades of pastel pink and blue, not dissimilar to that of cotton candy . \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The process results in a sense of peace and a loaf that\u2019s almost pancake-sweet, with a feathery texture like cotton candy , as Cho described her ideal milk bread. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "But when the Fairpark isn\u2019t filled with happy fairgoers nibbling on cotton candy and fried Oreos, the site can feel lonely, even inhospitable. \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "This wine takes on a very creamy, rounded taste, with an aroma of dry spice/perfume preceding notes of cotton candy and strawberry on the palate. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "The carnival featured cotton candy , popcorn, crafts and games and was held on the top floor of a parking garage on campus. \u2014 Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
      "For children there will be giant inflatables, free lemonade and cotton candy , face painting and sidewalk chalk beginning at 10 a.m. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 5 May 2022"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034705"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060814"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135633"
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      "transitive verb"
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      ": the coupled transport of chemical substances across a cell membrane in which the energy required to move a substance (such as glucose) against a gradient in concentration or in electrical potential is provided by the movement of another substance (such as a sodium ion) along its gradient in concentration or in electric potential":[
        "The sodium-linked glucose transporters are largely restricted to the intestine and kidney, where they actively transport glucose against a glucose-concentration gradient by using sodium cotransport as an energy source.",
        "\u2014 Peter R. Shepherd and Barbara B. Kahn"
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      "\u2014 see also cotransporter":[
        "The sodium-linked glucose transporters are largely restricted to the intestine and kidney, where they actively transport glucose against a glucose-concentration gradient by using sodium cotransport as an energy source.",
        "\u2014 Peter R. Shepherd and Barbara B. Kahn"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)k\u014d-tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u022frt",
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164229"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172459"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172759"
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      ": a small and often informally organized industry":[],
      ": a limited but enthusiastically pursued activity or subject":[
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        "\u2014 Wendy Kaminer"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "weaving, pottery, and other cottage industries",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "People who worked as political signature gatherers created a cottage industry during the pandemic: pop-up coronavirus test sites. \u2014 Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 May 2022",
      "That butt augmentation and liposuction surgery are more accessible and less costly than ever makes recovery homes a thriving cottage industry among these women. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "With just more than a week to go before the 2022 NFL draft, the mock draft cottage industry has already been hard at work projecting which top college prospects will get taken in the first round. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Flanary, 36, has about 2.5 million subscribers across TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter, where his pointed satire of medicine\u2019s many absurdities has ballooned into a cast of characters and a cottage industry . \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Unlike for others in the rental cottage industry , the expectations for Morimoto are minimal. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee And Julia Mio Inuma, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Unlike for others in the rental cottage industry , the expectations for Morimoto are minimal. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "As a result, there\u2019s a diminishing need for a cottage industry that provides filmgoers a middle ground between paying full price for early weekends and waiting months to watch a film in the living room, exhibitors say. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The cottage industry helping workers avoid vaccine mandates. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200744"
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      "plural noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212505"
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      ": a half-round metal strip bent into a pin whose ends can be flared after insertion through a slot or hole":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The burner tubes on most gas grills are removable, too; look for a single screw or cotter pin on one end of each tube. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "Someone stole a Bluetooth speaker, a foot brake pedal cotter pin and cut electrical wiring from a parked motorcycle in the 100 block of South Marion Street between 9 a.m. May 27 and 1 p.m. May 29. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 3 June 2019",
      "Most gas grill burner tubes are removable as well (look for simple cotter pins on one end, although some models use screws). \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics , 14 May 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224043"
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      "noun"
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      ": a specialized protein of cell membranes that mediates cotransport":[
        "Phosphate travels against an electrochemical gradient from the urine into the proximal tubular epithelial cells, primarily through the activity of a sodium-phosphate cotransporter \u2026",
        "\u2014 Henry M. Kronenberg"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8tran(t)s-\u02ccp\u022fr-t\u0259r",
      "(\u02cc)k\u014d-tran(t)s-\u02c8p\u022fr-t\u0259r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1980, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233721"
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    ],
    "definitions":{
      "country in western Africa including the Ivory Coast region and its hinterland; a republic; formerly a territory of French West Africa; official capital Yamoussoukro, seat of government Abidjan area 124,504 square miles (322,463 square kilometers), population 26,261,000":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u014dt-d\u0113-\u02c8vw\u00e4r"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005143"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021100"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045624"
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      "noun"
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      ": a scale insect ( Icerya purchasi ) introduced into the U.S. from Australia that infests citrus and other plants":[]
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      "\u02c8k\u00e4t-n\u0113-\u02c8ku\u0307-sh\u0259n-",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u1d4an-\u0113-"
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    "first_known_use":{
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      "geographical name"
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      "range of the western Alps in France and Italy \u2014 see viso":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Add \u00bc cup cottage cheese and stir until just combined. \u2014 Chaya Rappoport, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Lunch is a cup of cottage cheese and another egg with saltine crackers. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "In fact, cottage cheese can be just as versatile an ingredient as yogurt or cream cheese for the home chef. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Meal number four is a bowl of cottage cheese and mixed fruit with oatmeal crackers. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "How could Vogue have published such sensible, nutritional wisdom two years before prescribing days of cottage cheese ? \u2014 Tamar Adler, Vogue , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Yes, but ricotta and cottage cheese are twins split at birth. \u2014 Tamar Adler, Vogue , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "To get that protein at breakfast, aim for an ounce of nut butter, turkey bacon, cottage cheese , or an egg. \u2014 Cat Lafuente, Health.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Plastic tubs: Containers for butter, sour cream, cottage cheese , yogurt, jello and fruit slices. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 12 Jan. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-053019"
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      "noun"
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      "-\u00e4t\u1d4al\u0259"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-055114"
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      "noun"
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      ": a book cover design made of panels with sides resembling gables developed by the 17th century English binder Samuel Mearne":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100656"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105429"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-064235"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-073018"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-081316"
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      "verb, transitive + intransitive"
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        "determination of gene order based on frequency of cotransduction"
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      "\u02cck\u014d-\u02cctran(t)s-\u02c8d\u0259k-sh\u0259n",
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    "first_known_use":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-084634"
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      "noun"
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      ": a mineral consisting of lead chloride PbCl 2 that is soft and of white to yellowish color (specific gravity 5.24)":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085813"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-090600"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094208"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-103048"
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      ": a genus of birds (family Phasianidae) containing the common European and other Old World quails":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-103853"
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      ": a family of fishes (order Scleroparei) comprising the sculpins and related forms all of which have a tapering body, wide mouth, and large head and occur in fresh and salt water in the cold and temperate parts of the northern hemisphere":[]
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      "New Latin, from Cottus , type genus + -idae":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-104228"
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      "noun"
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      ": a loaf of bread consisting of a smaller round part on top of a larger round part":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-115938"
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      ": a wedge-shaped or tapered piece used to fasten together parts of a structure":[],
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      "origin unknown":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-122804"
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      "noun"
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      ": cotter entry 1 sense 2":[],
      ": a tenant in Ireland formerly renting a small farm under the rack-rent system, the land being let to the highest bidder":[],
      ": a peasant farmer":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "\u02c8k\u00e4t\u0113\u0259(r)"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-124545"
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      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u1d4an-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are male and female cottonwood trees, said Jacob Conrad, climbing arborist at Holden. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
      "The state park, in contrast, immerses you in a forest of tall cottonwood trees that are hundreds of years old. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 8 June 2022",
      "Those are the seeds of the cottonwood tree, which are shed every year around this time. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
      "In the cottonwood tree, a female eagle has started to sit in her familiar nest. \u2014 Lilly Price, baltimoresun.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The hike turnaround point is where clumps of reeds and samplings encroach upon a concrete slab that spans the water and a Salt River Project water monitoring station stands near a massive cottonwood tree. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "In Canada, its key species is the balsam poplar, or cottonwood . \u2014 Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
      "Take a tour of ranch headquarters or stroll through the cottonwood trees shading the wash and try to guess how many movies have been filmed here. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The canyon\u2019s large sycamore and cottonwood trees create a shaded oasis during the hot summer months. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1802, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-125341"
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": cot entry 1 sense 1":[],
      ": a shed or coop for small domestic animals and especially pigeons":[],
      ": to pass by":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dt",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4t"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "Middle English, \"dwelling of a rural laborer, hut, shelter for domestic animals, as a pen or coop,\" going back to Old English, feminine weak noun, \"dwelling of a rural laborer,\" going back to Germanic *kut\u014dn- (whence also Middle Dutch cote \"hut, pen for animals,\" Middle Low German kote, kotte, kate ), by-form of *kuta- \u2014 more at cot entry 1":"Noun",
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    "first_known_use":{
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      "1555, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-130410"
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      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-ti-j\u0259r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This time, then, it\u2019s not just a fling with a cottager or a bachelor farmer who hit it off with you. \u2014 Robert Mcgill, The Atlantic , 23 July 2021",
      "The town has always been a place filled with lake people\u2014its own Ontario character type, comprising enthusiastic cottagers and the more grizzly beachfront locals. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 14 Mar. 2020"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1523, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-131031"
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      "Ren\u00e9 (-Jules-Gustave) 1882\u20131962 French lawyer; 2nd president of Fourth Republic (1954\u201359)":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u022f-\u02c8t\u0113",
      "k\u014d-"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-133716"
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      "verb"
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      ": catechu":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4ch",
      "\""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-134921"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a high thick-soled laced boot worn by actors in Greek and Roman tragic drama":[],
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    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u014d-\u02c8th\u0259r-n\u0259s"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from Greek kothornos":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-143953"
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    "type":[
      "plural noun"
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    "definitions":{
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-151912"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "\u02c8k\u00e4t\u0259r(\u0259)l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-162509"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the seed of the cotton plant":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u1d4an-\u02ccs\u0113d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Roundup-resistant Palmer amaranth populations quickly spread through the South, then moved north, hidden at times in cottonseed hulls used for animal feed. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "In the past several years, two battered cottonseed silos in Waco, Texas, surrounded by food trucks selling sweet tea and energy balls, have become a pilgrimage site for Christian homemakers from around the country, among others. \u2014 Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker , 25 July 2021",
      "Many farmers just let their piles of cottonseed rot. \u2014 Helen Zoe Veit, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Feb. 2012",
      "So, canola oil, soybean oil, corn oil and olive oil (among others like sunflower, safflower, cottonseed and nut/peanut/seed oils) are recommended. \u2014 Environmental Nutrition, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Aug. 2019",
      "That\u2019s 50 million tons of cottonseed annually, the International Cotton Advisory Committee reports. \u2014 Rachel Sugar, Vox , 19 Oct. 2018",
      "And so cottonseed could be a solution \u2014 if only people could eat it. \u2014 Rachel Sugar, Vox , 19 Oct. 2018",
      "To increase the availability of other types of animal feed, China\u2019s customs authority removed inspection requirements on a variety of agricultural byproducts, including peanut meal, cottonseed meal, and rapeseed meal. \u2014 Raymond Zhong, BostonGlobe.com , 9 July 2018",
      "To increase the availability of other types of animal feed, China\u2019s customs authority removed inspection requirements on a variety of agricultural byproducts, including peanut meal, cottonseed meal and rapeseed meal. \u2014 Raymond Zhong, New York Times , 9 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1774, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163522"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": bowfin":[],
      ": cotton spinner":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-171713"
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      "noun"
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      ": a small cut nail similar to a shingle nail and available in lengths \u00b3/\u2084 in. to 1\u00b9/\u2082 in.":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-172304"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": either of two low Australian forage shrubs ( Kochia villosa and Bassia bicornis )":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-173709"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": one who is a tenant along with one or more other tenants":[
        "two businesses that have been cotenants in the same building for many years",
        "Should the relationship deteriorate, it is more difficult to get rid of a co-tenant whose name is on the lease than someone who has signed only a roommate agreement.",
        "\u2014 Susan Stellin"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8te-n\u0259nt",
      "\u02cck\u014d-\u02c8te-n\u0259nt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-174730"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": the dwelling of a farm laborer or small farmer":[],
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      ": a small detached dwelling unit at an institution":[],
      ": a usually small house for vacation use":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-tij",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4t-ij"
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      "bach",
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      "camp",
      "chalet",
      "lodge"
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      "We rented a cottage for the weekend.",
      "She owns a cottage at the beach.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There\u2019s also a guest cottage , called Lucy\u2019s Cottage, also built in the 1930s, that is used as an administrative space. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
      "The starting nightly rate for a two-bedroom cottage , available to the public as of June 25, is $405 with a seven-night minimum. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
      "Here\u2019s this little cottage that this woman decked out with a theme. \u2014 Fortune , 29 May 2022",
      "Velelli Becker and eight family members \u2014 including her parents, sister, three uncles and grandparents \u2014 hid from the Nazis in Michalos\u2019s two-room cottage , which was originally intended to house employees and had no running water or bathroom. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "But the property also included a 1,600-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bathroom cottage in the back that Mrs. Bahat, her husband and two children, then ages 4 and 7, could live in during construction. \u2014 Laurie Junker, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The scene started, in part, much like the rest of the Bay Area\u2019s cottage food and home cooking scene: People needed to make money, and cooking made sense. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "There is a main residence and a very large cottage , and the grounds are filled with gardens. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
      "Nearby are a four-bedroom caretaker's cottage of nearly 1,176 square feet and some storage sheds. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 13 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English cotage \"holding of a free peasant, the peasant's dwelling on such a holding,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, \"tenure of a free peasant owing rent to a lord, rent paid for such a holding,\" probably from Middle English cot or cote \"dwelling of a rural laborer, hut\" + Anglo-French -age -age \u2014 more at cot entry 1 , cote entry 1":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-205706"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a shepherd's pie made especially with beef":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There\u2019s cottage pie baked in an oversized teacup, dense with peas, potatoes, ground meat and gravy. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Dishes include easy mac and cheese, chow mein, cottage pie , chicken korma, chocolate truffles and pancakes. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Claddagh Cottage: Doors open at noon for festivities that will include corned beef and cabbage, cottage pie , sausage rolls and a vegan version of Irish farmhouse soup. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 17 Mar. 2021",
      "Selections include boxty, cheddar-and-Guinness dip, bangers and mash, cottage pie and cockles and mussels. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 6 Mar. 2021",
      "There are recipes for cozy feasts \u2014 cottage pie , apple crumble \u2014 plus craft ideas and suggestions for comfy, layered outfits. \u2014 Angela Haupt, Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2020",
      "And for more substantial appetites there's a wedge salad, cottage pie , chicken tikka masala, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, and a clever take on canned ravioli: Chef Boyar-Ben's four-cheese ravioli in tomato sauce served in a tin can. \u2014 Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2018",
      "Some may argue this is more cottage pie than shepherd\u2019s pie because of the use of beef versus lamb. \u2014 Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com , 6 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1791, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212050"
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  "cotton bur":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the dried cotton boll and attached pedicel of snapped or stripped cotton after the lint and seed are removed":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-213145"
  },
  "cothurnal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": of or relating to the cothurnus":[],
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)k\u014d\u00a6th\u0259rn\u0259l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin cothurn us + English -al":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221553"
  },
  "Cotentin Peninsula":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":{
      "peninsula in northwestern France projecting into the English Channel west of the mouth of the Seine":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u014d-\u02cct\u00e4\u207f-\u02c8ta\u207f"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-223801"
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      "abbreviation",
      "noun"
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      "cotangent":[]
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      "\u02c8k\u00e4t"
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      "Middle English, \"dwelling of a rural laborer, cottage, hut,\" going back to Old English cot (neuter a-stem) \"dwelling of a rural laborer, bedchamber,\" going back to Germanic *kuta- \"shelter\" (whence also Middle Dutch cot \"hut, hovel, pen for animals,\" Old Icelandic kot \"hut, cottage\"), of uncertain origin":"Noun",
      "Hindi & Urdu kh\u0101\u1e6d bedstead, from Sanskrit kha\u1e6dv\u0101 , perhaps of Dravidian origin; akin to Tamil ka\u1e6d\u1e6dil bedstead":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-231242"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a small bone forming part of the acetabulum of some mammals":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-231516"
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      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-022559"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a mode of attention or sustained interest undisturbed by the intrusion of affect \u2014 compare ditention":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "co- + at tention":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-030226"
  },
  "cottonwood leaf beetle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an oval yellowish or reddish black-marked beetle ( Chrysomela scripta ) having a dusky blackish larva that feeds on and defoliates cottonwood":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-031156"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": traverse drill":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "cotter entry 3":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-035949"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": of, relating to, or marked by cotention":[]
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      "-entiv"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from cotention , after English attention: attentive":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-041312"
  },
  "cotton bud":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a short stick that has round pieces of cotton at both ends : cotton swab":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-043949"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a light narrow single bed":[]
    },
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "cot entry 6":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-044101"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": cotter entry 1 sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u014d\u02c8-",
      "k\u0259\u02c8ta(a)r\u0113\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-052905"
  },
  "cotangent":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a trigonometric function that for an acute angle is the ratio between the leg adjacent to the angle when it is considered part of a right triangle and the leg opposite":[],
      ": a trigonometric function cot \u03b8 that is equal to the cosine divided by the sine for all real numbers \u03b8 for which the sine is not equal to zero and is exactly equal to the cotangent of an angle of measure \u03b8 in radians":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014d-\u02cctan-",
      "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8tan-j\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin cotangent-, cotangens , from co- + tangent-, tangens tangent":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1635, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-055120"
  },
  "cottid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fish of the family Cottidae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4t\u0259\u0307d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-063032"
  },
  "cottony houseleek":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": cobweb houseleek":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-064101"
  },
  "cotidal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": indicating equality in the tides or a coincidence in the time of high or low tide":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8t\u012b-d\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1833, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-080931"
  },
  "cotrustee":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a joint trustee":[
        "As cotrustee , the beneficiary has the right to forbid the bank from making disbursements on the account without her approval.",
        "\u2014 Brigid McMenamin"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u014d-\u02cctr\u0259s-\u02c8t\u0113",
      "(\u02cc)k\u014d-tr\u0259-\u02c8st\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1818, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-081310"
  },
  "cotton spinner":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sea cucumber (especially Holothuria forskali ) that ejects a mass of white Cuvierian organs when disturbed":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105000"
  },
  "cotton sled":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a box-shaped machine with a V-shaped opening that when drawn over cotton plants pulls off the bolls and directs them into the box":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090306"
  },
  "cote-armour":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": coat of arms":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English cote armure , from Middle French cote a armeure , coat with (heraldic) arms":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-092602"
  },
  "cottage pink":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a very fragrant tufted pink ( Dianthus plumarius ) with solitary flowers having petals deeply cleft and rose or pink-colored with a striate or darker center":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093601"
  },
  "cottage orn\u00e9":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a picturesquely designed small country house of 19th century England":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-(\u02c8)\u022fr\u00a6n\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, ornate cottage":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093626"
  },
  "cotton fleahopper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small green North American mirid bug ( Psallus seriatus ) that feeds on the young squares and new growth of cotton and on many other cultivated and wild plants":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100455"
  },
  "cottonseed oil":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pale yellow semidrying fatty oil that is obtained from the cottonseed and is used chiefly in salad and cooking oils and after hydrogenation in shortenings and margarine":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4t-\u1d4an-\u02ccs\u0113d-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Soybean oil, sunflower oil, cottonseed oil , corn oil, grapeseed oil, and safflower oil. \u2014 Isadora Baum, Good Housekeeping , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "But cottonseed oil is still one of the most widely consumed edible oils in the country. \u2014 Helen Zoe Veit, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Feb. 2012",
      "For decades, Crisco had only one ingredient, cottonseed oil . \u2014 Helen Zoe Veit, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Feb. 2012",
      "Smear brisket with cottonseed oil and place on top of vegetables in pan and roast 20 minutes, uncovered. \u2014 Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com , 13 Sep. 2019",
      "Right now, about 5 percent of those seeds get planted, according to the National Cotton Council of America, and the rest is used, in various forms, for livestock feed, fertilizer, and cottonseed oil , which people can and do consume. \u2014 Rachel Sugar, Vox , 19 Oct. 2018",
      "The first edible oil in the U.S. was cottonseed oil . \u2014 Sandy Bauers, Philly.com , 13 July 2018",
      "Eventually, Procter & Gamble made Crisco, which is crystalized cottonseed oil . \u2014 Sandy Bauers, Philly.com , 13 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1833, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-104656"
  },
  "cottar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a peasant or farm laborer who occupies a cottage and sometimes a small holding of land usually in return for services":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In 1846 and 1847, potatoes, the subsistence crop of the cottar subtenants who composed nearly half the population on some Hebridean estates, failed almost entirely. \u2014 Hugh Raffles, The New York Review of Books , 9 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English coter, cotyer \"peasant residing on a smallholding and owing labor service or payment to a lord,\" borrowed from Anglo-French cotere, cotier, borrowed from or formed parallel to Medieval Latin cot\u0101rius, from Old English (or early Middle English) cot \"dwelling of a rural laborer\" + Anglo-French -ere, -ier -er entry 2 or Latin -\u0101rius -ary entry 1 \u2014 more at cot entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105511"
  },
  "cottage piano":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small upright piano of the 19th century":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-110247"
  },
  "cotyloid cavity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": acetabulum sense 2a":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111526"
  },
  "Cotswold":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of an English breed of large long-wooled sheep":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-sw\u0259ld",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4t-\u02ccsw\u014dld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Cotswold Hills, England":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1658, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114118"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Days after the 14-year-old was killed, his body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River, where it was tossed after being weighted down with a cotton gin fan. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
      "The cotton gin increased productivity by a factor of 50. \u2014 Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Aaron seems to have gone to work at a lumber business, saw mill and cotton gin before enlisting in Oct. 14, 1940, according to McFerrin's book. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 6 June 2022",
      "In the central installation, a vintage cotton gin motor that Beasley bought in Alabama whirred behind a giant vitrine. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "At its peak, Tullahassee boasted a cotton gin , a bed-and-breakfast, a railroad depot, a doctor\u2019s office and a movie theater. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Days after Till was killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman, his body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River, where it was tossed after being weighed down with a cotton gin fan. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "With relatives uncertain over the teen\u2019s whereabouts and fearing the worst, Till\u2019s body \u2014 weighted down with a large fan from a cotton gin \u2014 was pulled from the Tallahatchie River three days later. \u2014 Jay Reeves, chicagotribune.com , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "There were only three stores in the community, along with one school, a post office and a cotton gin . \u2014 Arluther Lee, ajc , 19 Oct. 2020"
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      "Canadian French, from French, slope of a hill, small hill, from Old French costel slope, diminutive of coste slope, side, rib":""
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      "so called from the fluffy white masses appearing on the rotted tissue":""
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      "Middle English coterel , from Old French & Medieval Latin; Old French coterel , from Medieval Latin coterellus , diminutive of cotarius cotter":""
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      ": a destructive disease of cotton caused by an ascomycete ( Glomerella gossypii ) that produces reddish brown to light-colored or necrotic spots on seedling parts and on leaves, stems, and bolls":[]
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      "Irish Gaelic c\u014dta m\u014dr , literally, big coat":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113233"
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      "noun"
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      ": cotton entry 1 sense 2":[],
      ": a half-buried low Australian shrub ( Dryandra nivea ) of the family Proteaceae":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-123107"
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      "abbreviation"
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      "hyperbolic cotangent":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "cot angent + hy perbolic":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131801"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": the recently gathered air-dried bark of the roots of various cultivated cottons (especially Gossypium herbaceum ) formerly used as an emmenagogue":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132424"
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      "noun"
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      ": a black polyazo direct dye":[]
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      "-r\u014d\u02c8-",
      "k\u014d\u00a6t\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccr\u022f\u02c8l\u0101"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132450"
  },
  "cotton rock":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": decomposed chert":[],
      ": a magnesian limestone":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132810"
  },
  "cotton rat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a genus ( Sigmodon ) of small-eared, omnivorous rats that are found chiefly in grassy habitats from the U.S. and Mexico to Brazil, are sometimes destructive to crops (such as cotton, alfalfa, and corn), and have S-shaped molars \u2014 see hispid cotton rat":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-134806"
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  "cotton press":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a press for baling ginned cotton":[],
      ": a building where cotton is baled":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145212"
  },
  "cotoneaster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": any of a genus ( Cotoneaster ) of Old World flowering shrubs of the rose family":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u1d4an-\u02cc\u0113-",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-n\u0113-\u02cca-st\u0259r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now is also the time to trim back cotoneaster and caragana hedges and specimen plants. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2021",
      "Gardens with low-lying landscaping, such as arborvitae, spreading yews, junipers, cranberry cotoneaster and raised beds have higher potential for vole activity. \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 20 Mar. 2021",
      "This looks like Parney cotoneaster (Cotoneaster lacteus), a native of China used as an ornamental. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Dec. 2020",
      "Delphinium defoliators, cotoneaster leaf rollers: Hand pick. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2020",
      "Leafrollers are tying leaves of redbuds, sweetgums, vinca groundcover, pyracanthas, cotoneasters and other plants together. \u2014 Neil Sperry, star-telegram , 6 July 2018",
      "This bacterial disease afflicts only apple, pear, and hawthorn trees, and pyracantha and cotoneaster shrubs. \u2014 Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman , 26 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, genus name, from Latin cotoneum quince + New Latin -aster":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1796, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-171521"
  },
  "cottonmouth moccasin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": water moccasin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-200839"
  },
  "cotton mule":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small mule suitable for the cultivation of cotton":[
        "\u2014 distinguished from sugar mule"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201805"
  },
  "cottonmouth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": water moccasin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4t-\u1d4an-\u02ccmau\u0307th",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u1d4an-\u02ccmau\u0307th"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cheba Hut will feature veggie and meat toasted subs, salads, appetizers called munchies, treats such as Rice Krispies and drinks that are sure to cure your cottonmouth , according to the website. \u2014 Briana Rice, The Enquirer , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "Harvey Lillywhite, a physiological ecologist at the University of Florida, and his students have noticed male and female cottonmouth snakes pairing off for long periods and foraging together. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 4 May 2020",
      "The mountain preachers who will pick up cottonmouths and rattlers and sway around the altar just daring God to let one of those serpents strike. \u2014 Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Like cottonmouths , copperheads are often misidentified because of their notoriety in U.S. culture. \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "In the last few years, Republicans who\u2019ve dipped a toe in anti-Trump waters have quickly recoiled, as though a cottonmouth lurked just below the surface. \u2014 Elaina Plott, New York Times , 28 Jan. 2020",
      "Water and other caffeine-free, non-alcoholic beverages can help temporarily relieve cottonmouth and reduce your chance of getting dry, irritated eyes. \u2014 Stacey Mckenna, azcentral , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "Four cops worked together to capture the snake, which is also often called a cottonmouth . \u2014 Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com , 10 July 2019",
      "Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin. \u2014 Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com , 10 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the white interior of its mouth":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1832, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201822"
  },
  "cotton on":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to begin to understand something : to catch on":[
        "It took a while, but they are finally starting to cotton on .",
        "\u2014 often + to She cottoned on to the fact that I like her."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202447"
  },
  "Cotoname":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an Indian people of northeastern Mexico":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": the Coahuiltecan language of the Cotoname people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u014dt\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4(\u02cc)m\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish cotoname , of American Indian origin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233247"
  },
  "cotoin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a crystalline ketone C 14 H 12 O 4 occurring in true coto bark and formerly used in intestinal disorders; 2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-benzophenone":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dt\u0259w\u0259\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary coto + -in ; originally formed as German kotoin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233745"
  },
  "coto":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the bark of an unidentified tree of northern Bolivia formerly used as an astringent and stomachic":[],
      ": a Tucano people of eastern Ecuador":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": the Tucano language of the Coto people":[],
      ": a Chibchan people of Costa Rica":[],
      ": the Chibchan language of the Coto people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "\u02c8k\u014dt\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish cotocoto , from Quechua kkhotokkt\u00f3to":"Noun",
      "Spanish, of American Indian origin":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-234839"
  },
  "cotton mouse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rather large dark field mouse ( Peromyscus gossypinus ) widely distributed in the southeastern U.S.":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1832, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235118"
  },
  "cotton moth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000459"
  },
  "Cotylosauria":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an order of Anapsida comprising extremely primitive late Paleozoic and early Triassic reptiles with short legs and massive bodies":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6k\u00e4-t\u0259-l\u0259-\u00a6s\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259",
      "k\u0259\u00a6til\u0259-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from cotyl- + -sauria":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000844"
  },
  "cotylosaur":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of an order (Cotylosauria) of extinct primitive reptiles of the Carboniferous to Triassic with short legs and massive bodies that were probably the earliest truly terrestrial vertebrate animals":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8ti-l\u0259-",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u0259-l\u014d-\u02ccs\u022fr",
      "-l\u0259-\u02ccs\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ultimately from Greek kotyl\u0113 + sauros lizard":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1895, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012026"
  },
  "cottonless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": being without cotton":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012251"
  },
  "cotton picker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a machine for gathering the ripe lint and seed of cotton from the standing stalk":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012424"
  },
  "cotton powder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an explosive (as tonite) in which guncotton is a prominent ingredient":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012827"
  },
  "cotylophorous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a cotyledonary placenta":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "cotyl- + -phorous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-013341"
  },
  "cotton leafworm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the slender greenish black-and-white-marked larva of a tropical American noctuid moth ( Alabama argillacea ) that migrates northward as far as southeastern Canada in the spring and deposits its eggs on cotton leaves on which the larvae feed often thereby defoliating the plants":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014023"
  },
  "cottonize":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4t\u1d4an\u02cc\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014223"
  },
  "cotton-picking":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": damned":[
        "\u2014 used as an intensive or as a generalized expression of disapproval"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u1d4an-\u02ccpi-ki\u014b",
      "-\u02ccpi-k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1917, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014534"
  },
  "cotton gum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": tupelo gum":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "so called from the tufts of cottony hairs on the seeds":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-015405"
  },
  "cotyledonary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lobule of the mammalian placenta":[],
      ": the first leaf or one of the first pair or whorl of leaves developed by the embryo of a seed plant or of some lower plants (such as ferns) \u2014 see seedling illustration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4t-\u1d4al-\u02c8\u0113d-\u1d4an",
      "\u02cck\u00e4-t\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113-d\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek kotyl\u0113d\u014dn cup-shaped hollow, from kotyl\u0113 cup, anything hollow":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-022315"
  }
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