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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cutting edge in CommonParlance
- definition the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
- definition the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife
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cutting implement in CommonParlance
- definition a tool used for cutting or slicing
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cutting off in CommonParlance
- definition the act of cutting something off
- definition the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
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cutting out in CommonParlance
- definition surgical removal of a body part or tissue
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cutting room in CommonParlance
- definition a room where films or tapes are edited (by cutting out unwanted parts)
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cutting tool in CommonParlance
- definition a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
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cutting-edge in CommonParlance
- definition in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style
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cuttingly in CommonParlance
- definition in an intentionally unkind way
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cuttle in CommonParlance
- definition ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
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cuttlefish in CommonParlance
- definition ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
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cutty stool in CommonParlance
- definition a low stool; formerly in Scotland, a seat in a church where an offender was publicly rebuked
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cutwork in CommonParlance
- definition embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away
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cutworm in CommonParlance
- definition North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
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cwm in CommonParlance
- definition a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
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cwt in CommonParlance
- definition a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- definition a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
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cy pres in CommonParlance
- definition a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible
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cy pres doctrine in CommonParlance
- definition a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible
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cyan in CommonParlance
- definition of the blue-green color that is a primary subtractive color of light
- definition a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color
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cyanamid in CommonParlance
- definition a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts)
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cyanamide in CommonParlance
- definition a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts)
- definition a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds
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cyanic acid in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless poisonous volatile liquid acid that hydrolyzes readily to ammonia and carbon dioxide
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cyanide in CommonParlance
- definition any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
- definition an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid
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cyanide group in CommonParlance
- definition the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound
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cyanide poisoning in CommonParlance
- definition poisoning due to ingesting or inhaling cyanide; common in smoke from fires and in industrial chemicals
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cyanide process in CommonParlance
- definition an industrial process for extracting gold and silver by treating ore with a sodium cyanide solution