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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balefire in CommonParlance
- definition a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration
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baleful in CommonParlance
- definition deadly or sinister
- definition threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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balefully in CommonParlance
- definition in a baleful manner
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balefulness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
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balibago in CommonParlance
- definition shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament
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baling press in CommonParlance
- definition a machine mainly used for the compaction of waste, cardboard, plastic and other recyclable materials.
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baling wire in CommonParlance
- definition wire used to make bales
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balk in CommonParlance
- definition the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
- definition something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- definition one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- definition an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
- definition refuse to comply
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balker in CommonParlance
- definition a person who refuses to comply
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balkiness in CommonParlance
- definition likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly
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balking in CommonParlance
- definition refusing to proceed, act or work
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balkline in CommonParlance
- definition line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
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balky in CommonParlance
- definition refusing to proceed, act or work
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ball in CommonParlance
- definition round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
- definition a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
- definition an object with a spherical shape
- definition one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
- definition a spherical object used as a plaything
- definition a compact mass
- definition a lavish dance requiring formal attire
- definition a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
- definition a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
- definition a pitch that is not in the strike zone
- definition form into a ball by winding or rolling
- definition to live very well
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ball and chain in CommonParlance
- definition heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain
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ball bearing in CommonParlance
- definition bearings containing small metal balls
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ball boy in CommonParlance
- definition a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players
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ball carrier in CommonParlance
- definition (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
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ball cartridge in CommonParlance
- definition a general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder
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ball club in CommonParlance
- definition a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
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ball cock in CommonParlance
- definition floating ball that controls level in a water tank
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ball fern in CommonParlance
- definition feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia
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ball field in CommonParlance
- definition the baseball playing field
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ball game in CommonParlance
- definition a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
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ball gown in CommonParlance
- definition the most formal gown; worn to a ball