CommonParlance
Seed
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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cushaw in CommonParlance
- definition plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds
- definition globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind
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cushion in CommonParlance
- definition a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
- definition the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
- definition a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
- definition protect from impact
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cushion calamint in CommonParlance
- definition aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers; widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia
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cushion flower in CommonParlance
- definition tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia
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cushioned in CommonParlance
- definition softened by the addition of cushions or padding
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cushioning in CommonParlance
- definition artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
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cushiony in CommonParlance
- definition softened by the addition of cushions or padding
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cushy in CommonParlance
- definition not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
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cusk in CommonParlance
- definition the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
- definition large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod
- definition elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
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cusk-eel in CommonParlance
- definition elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes
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cusp in CommonParlance
- definition point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- definition a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
- definition small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
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cuspate in CommonParlance
- definition having cusps or points
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cuspated in CommonParlance
- definition having cusps or points
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cusped in CommonParlance
- definition having cusps or points
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cuspid in CommonParlance
- definition one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
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cuspidal in CommonParlance
- definition having cusps or points
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cuspidate in CommonParlance
- definition having cusps or points
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cuspidated in CommonParlance
- definition having cusps or points
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cuspidation in CommonParlance
- definition a decoration using cusps
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cuspidor in CommonParlance
- definition a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)
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cuss in CommonParlance
- definition a persistently annoying person
- definition a boy or man
- definition profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- definition utter obscenities or profanities
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cussed in CommonParlance
- definition stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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cussedly in CommonParlance
- definition in a stubborn unregenerate manner
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cussedness in CommonParlance
- definition meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
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custard in CommonParlance
- definition sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen