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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air mass in CommonParlance
- definition a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally
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air mattress in CommonParlance
- definition a mattress that can be stored flat and inflated for use
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air mile in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
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air out in CommonParlance
- definition expose to fresh air
- definition expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
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air passage in CommonParlance
- definition a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
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air plant in CommonParlance
- definition plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
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air pocket in CommonParlance
- definition a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
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air pollution in CommonParlance
- definition pollution of the atmosphere
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air potato in CommonParlance
- definition yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers
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air power in CommonParlance
- definition the aggregation of a country's military aircraft
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air pressure in CommonParlance
- definition the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
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air pump in CommonParlance
- definition a pump that moves air in or out of something
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air raid in CommonParlance
- definition an attack by armed planes on a surface target
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air reconnaissance in CommonParlance
- definition reconnaissance either by visual observation from the air or through the use of airborne sensors
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air rifle in CommonParlance
- definition a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air
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air sac in CommonParlance
- definition a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
- definition any of the thin-walled extensions of the tracheae of insects
- definition any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds
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air search radar in CommonParlance
- definition a shipboard radar that searches for aircraft
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air shaft in CommonParlance
- definition a shaft for ventilation
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air sick in CommonParlance
- definition experiencing motion sickness
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air sickness in CommonParlance
- definition motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)
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air sock in CommonParlance
- definition a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
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air space in CommonParlance
- definition the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth
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air spring in CommonParlance
- definition a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion
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air station in CommonParlance
- definition a base for military aircraft
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air terminal in CommonParlance
- definition a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight