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.
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balboa in CommonParlance
- definition the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos
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balbriggan in CommonParlance
- definition a cotton knit fabric used for underwear
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balconied in CommonParlance
- definition having balconies or a balcony
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balcony in CommonParlance
- definition an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
- definition a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
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bald in CommonParlance
- definition with no effort to conceal
- definition lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
- definition without the natural or usual covering
- definition grow bald; lose hair on one's head
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bald cypress in CommonParlance
- definition wood of a deciduous conifer of the genus Taxodium, native to North America
- definition wood of a common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
- definition common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
- definition a deciduous conifer of the genus Taxodium, native to North America
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bald eagle in CommonParlance
- definition a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body
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bald-faced in CommonParlance
- definition (of animals) having white markings on the face
- definition unrestrained by convention or propriety
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bald-faced hornet in CommonParlance
- definition North American hornet
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bald-headed in CommonParlance
- definition lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
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bald-pated in CommonParlance
- definition lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
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baldachin in CommonParlance
- definition ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)
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balderdash in CommonParlance
- definition trivial nonsense
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baldhead in CommonParlance
- definition a person whose head is bald or shaved
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balding in CommonParlance
- definition getting bald
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baldly in CommonParlance
- definition in a bald manner
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baldness in CommonParlance
- definition the condition of having no hair on the top of the head
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baldpate in CommonParlance
- definition a person whose head is bald or shaved
- definition a widgeon the male of which has a white crown
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baldric in CommonParlance
- definition a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip
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baldrick in CommonParlance
- definition a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip
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baldy in CommonParlance
- definition a person whose head is bald or shaved
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bale in CommonParlance
- definition a large bundle bound for storage or transport
- definition make into a bale
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bale out in CommonParlance
- definition remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
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baleen in CommonParlance
- definition a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
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baleen whale in CommonParlance
- definition whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water