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.
Child contexts
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Terms in this context
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cottonseed in CommonParlance
- definition seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil
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cottonseed cake in CommonParlance
- definition the solid matter remaining after oil has been pressed from cottonseeds
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cottonseed oil in CommonParlance
- definition edible oil pressed from cottonseeds
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cottontail in CommonParlance
- definition common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
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cottontail rabbit in CommonParlance
- definition common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
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cottonweed in CommonParlance
- definition an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
- definition any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers
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cottonwick in CommonParlance
- definition of warm Atlantic waters
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cottonwood in CommonParlance
- definition any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
- definition American basswood of the Allegheny region
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cottony in CommonParlance
- definition resembling cotton; as soft as cotton
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cottony-white in CommonParlance
- definition of something as white as cotton
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cotyledon in CommonParlance
- definition embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants
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cotyloid in CommonParlance
- definition of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
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cotyloid cavity in CommonParlance
- definition the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
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cotyloid joint in CommonParlance
- definition a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
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cotyloidal in CommonParlance
- definition of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
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coucal in CommonParlance
- definition Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
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couch in CommonParlance
- definition an upholstered seat for more than one person
- definition a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
- definition a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
- definition formulate in a particular style or language
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couch grass in CommonParlance
- definition European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
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couch potato in CommonParlance
- definition an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)
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couchant in CommonParlance
- definition lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward
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couchette in CommonParlance
- definition a compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping
- definition a sleeping berth in a couchette compartment.
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coude system in CommonParlance
- definition a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph
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coude telescope in CommonParlance
- definition a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph
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cougar in CommonParlance
- definition large American feline resembling a lion
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cough in CommonParlance
- definition a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
- definition exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion