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107 lines
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{
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"awning":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a rooflike cover extending over or in front of a place (as over the deck or in front of a door or window) as a shelter":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"stayed under the awning outside the shop during the rainstorm",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The awning , a fake inside hedge, piano players, lounge singers, striped bar stools, wine selection and other features made the establishment stand out amidst the not exactly cutting-edge bar, club and restaurant scene of the midcentury town. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Aug. 2021",
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"The lucky ones have a rack under an awning , or a place on an indoor windowsill. \u2014 Rachel Abrams, New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"Some of the other standout add-ons include five amber LED lights on the roof, a retractable awning , a two-person ground tent, and an onboard air compressor. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
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"The canopy features a collapsible awning , which can be used to shield you from rain or the sun's rays, or to block the wind behind the grill. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 9 May 2022",
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"Her family sat at a table outside the church, under an awning set up in a parking lot. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"Knowing the importance of outside viewing to some patrons, The Parlor added a retractable awning for the patio for hot days. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Sep. 2021",
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"The awning 's size and retraction mechanism are what drives cost. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2022",
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"The Parthenon, a Greek restaurant, is recognizable by its signature blue-and-white awning that juts out onto the sidewalk. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1582, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u022f-ni\u014b",
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"\u02c8\u00e4-ni\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"canopy",
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"ceiling",
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"cover",
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"roof",
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"tent"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213203",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"awn":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one of the slender bristles that terminate the glumes of the spikelet in some cereal and other grasses":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u022fn"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Smallholding farmers of West Bengal and Jharkhand prefer varieties with long and strong awns (spine-like projections at the end of the hull), which deter grazing by cattle and goats. \u2014 Debal Deb, Scientific American , 16 Oct. 2019",
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"These grasses have bushy florets hosting grass awns , seeds with a sharp appendage meant to burrow into the ground. \u2014 Molly Korzenowski, Twin Cities , 3 Sep. 2019",
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"Aesthetics is yet another value that indigenous farmers cherish, cultivating certain landraces simply for their beautiful colors or patterns: gold, brown, purple and black furrows on yellow hulls, purple apexes, black awns , and so on. \u2014 Debal Deb, Scientific American , 16 Oct. 2019",
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"Plant these natives to make an interesting meadow: purple three awn (Aristida purpurea), nodding needle grass (Stipa cernua), deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) and wild oat grass (Elymus condensatus) 15. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2019",
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"The barbed seed awn sticks to their coats and can work their way into ears, eyes, noses or paws. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 19 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English awne, going back to late Old English agene (accusative plural) \"awns,\" Old English \u00e6gnan (plural) \"chaff, sweepings,\" going back to Germanic *agan\u014d-, *ahan\u014d (whence also Old High German agana \"awn, chaff, straw,\" Old Norse \u01ebgn, plural agnar \"chaff, husks,\" Gothic ahana \"chaff\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 e\u1e31-on- (whence also Old Prussian ackons \"awn\" and perhaps Latin agna \"ear of grain,\" Greek akont-, \u00e1k\u014dn \"javelin, dart\"), derivative of *h 2 e\u1e31- \"sharp, pointed\" \u2014 more at edge entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012346"
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},
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"awned wheatgrass":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": bearded wheatgrass":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050341"
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},
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"awner":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a machine for removing awns from grain":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u022fn\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134251"
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}
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} |