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Use the Synonym List of the Translate Table to define a thesaurus or to handle special plurals such as “mice” which is the plural of “mouse”. Although the pattern being matched must be a single word, the replacement string can be a combination of words.

Once a match has been found and the replacement made, normal stemming proceeds as it would with any other word. If the word has been replaced by a combination of words while searching, all the replacement words must exist within the searchable object for a match to take place.

Example Synonym List

In the example above, ”ravioli” is being replaced by ”ravioli italian pasta”. As a result any search looking for “italian” or “pasta” or “italian and pasta” would find searchable objects containing “ravioli”. Such a search would also find searchable objects containing “fettuccini” or “spaghetti” for the same reason. However, a search for “ravioli” would only find searchable objects containing “ravioli” since the search request for “ravioli” would translate to a search request for “ravioli and italian and pasta”.