CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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cornered in CommonParlance
- definition forced to turn and face attackers
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cornerstone in CommonParlance
- definition the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- definition a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
- definition a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
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cornet in CommonParlance
- definition a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
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cornetfish in CommonParlance
- definition slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales
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cornetist in CommonParlance
- definition a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
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corneum in CommonParlance
- definition the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off
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cornfield in CommonParlance
- definition a field planted with corn
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cornflour in CommonParlance
- definition starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
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cornflower in CommonParlance
- definition plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried
- definition an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
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cornflower aster in CommonParlance
- definition erect perennial of southeastern United States having large heads of usually blue flowers
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cornflower blue in CommonParlance
- definition A shade of medium-to-light blue containing relatively little green compared to blue.
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cornhusk in CommonParlance
- definition the husk of an ear of corn
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cornhusker in CommonParlance
- definition a worker who husks corn
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cornhusking in CommonParlance
- definition a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn
- definition the act of removing the husks from ears of corn
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cornice in CommonParlance
- definition a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
- definition a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
- definition the topmost projecting part of an entablature
- definition furnish with a cornice
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cornmeal in CommonParlance
- definition coarsely ground corn
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cornmeal mush in CommonParlance
- definition cornmeal boiled in water
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cornpone in CommonParlance
- definition cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
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cornsilk in CommonParlance
- definition each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn
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cornsmut in CommonParlance
- definition a smut fungus attacking Indian corn
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cornstalk in CommonParlance
- definition the stalk of a corn plant
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cornstarch in CommonParlance
- definition starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
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cornu in CommonParlance
- definition (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape
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cornucopia in CommonParlance
- definition a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity
- definition the property of being extremely abundant
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corny in CommonParlance
- definition dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality