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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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cranny in CommonParlance
- definition a long narrow depression in a surface
- definition a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
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crap in CommonParlance
- definition obscene terms for feces
- definition Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
- definition have a bowel movement
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crap game in CommonParlance
- definition playing craps
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crap shooting in CommonParlance
- definition playing craps
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crap up in CommonParlance
- definition become or cause to become obstructed
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crap-shooter in CommonParlance
- definition a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps
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crapaud in CommonParlance
- definition large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog
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crape in CommonParlance
- definition small very thin pancake
- definition a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
- definition cover or drape with crape
- definition curl tightly
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crape fern in CommonParlance
- definition New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea
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crape jasmine in CommonParlance
- definition tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
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crape myrtle in CommonParlance
- definition ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States
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crapette in CommonParlance
- definition solitaire with two players using separate packs
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crapper in CommonParlance
- definition a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
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crappie in CommonParlance
- definition small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
- definition small sunfishes of central United States rivers
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crappy in CommonParlance
- definition very bad
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craps in CommonParlance
- definition expressions used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot
- definition a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice
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crapshoot in CommonParlance
- definition a risky and uncertain venture
- definition playing craps
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crapshooter in CommonParlance
- definition a gambler who plays the game of craps
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crapulence in CommonParlance
- definition the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
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crapulent in CommonParlance
- definition suffering from excessive eating or drinking
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crapulous in CommonParlance
- definition suffering from excessive eating or drinking
- definition given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking
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crash in CommonParlance
- definition a loud resonant repeating noise
- definition a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
- definition a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
- definition the act of colliding with something
- definition (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
- definition fall or come down violently
- definition move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
- definition undergo damage or destruction on impact
- definition move violently as through a barrier
- definition break violently or noisily; smash
- definition occupy, usually uninvited
- definition make a sudden loud sound
- definition enter uninvited; informal
- definition cause to crash
- definition hurl or thrust violently
- definition undergo a sudden and severe downturn
- definition stop operating
- definition sleep in a convenient place
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crash barrier in CommonParlance
- definition a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents
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crash course in CommonParlance
- definition a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency)
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crash dive in CommonParlance
- definition a rapid descent by a submarine