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acupuncture |
the practice of relieving pain or curing a disease by putting needles into certain parts of the body. Acupuncture is a traditional way to treat disease in China. |
conventional |
put in place by custom or use; traditional. |
country music |
a type of popular music, based on the traditional music of the rural South and the cowboy music of the West. Country music often express sad personal emotions. |
igloo |
a hut, shaped like a dome and made of blocks of ice or hard snow. Igloos are a traditional type of home made by certain groups of people who live in the Arctic regions of the world. |
loom1 |
A loom is a device or machine that is used for weaving fabric. A loom lets you cross strings of yarn over and under each other many times to create a piece of fabric. With a traditional loom, a person puts the strings of yarn into the loom by hand. Weaving can also be done with looms that are machines. |
myth |
a story or group of stories that form part of the traditional knowledge of a society. Myths often use imaginative plots and characters to explain how the world began and why nature and people behave the way they do. [1/2 definitions] |
ramen |
Ramen is a Japanese soup that has thin, round noodles made from wheat. Traditional ramen also contains vegetables, and there is often cooked meat and boiled egg. [1/2 definitions] |
traditional |
When something is traditional, it has to do with a way of doing things that is passed down by people of a particular group over many, many years. People from a particular country, for example, may have traditional songs that they sing at certain times or traditional foods that they eat. Different cultures have their own traditional festivals and ceremonies. [3 definitions] |
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