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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balloon sail in CommonParlance
- definition any light loose sail
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balloon seat in CommonParlance
- definition a seat that has a bell shape (on some 18th century chairs)
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balloon vine in CommonParlance
- definition woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons; tropical India and Africa and America
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balloonfish in CommonParlance
- definition similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
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ballooning in CommonParlance
- definition flying in a balloon
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balloonist in CommonParlance
- definition someone who flies a balloon
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ballot in CommonParlance
- definition a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
- definition a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
- definition vote by ballot
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ballot box in CommonParlance
- definition a box where voters deposit their ballots
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balloting in CommonParlance
- definition a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
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ballottement in CommonParlance
- definition a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)
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ballpark in CommonParlance
- definition a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
- definition near to the scope or range of something
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ballpen in CommonParlance
- definition a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
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ballplayer in CommonParlance
- definition an athlete who plays baseball
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ballpoint in CommonParlance
- definition a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
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ballpoint pen in CommonParlance
- definition a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
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ballroom in CommonParlance
- definition large room used mainly for dancing
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ballroom dance in CommonParlance
- definition any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
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ballroom dancing in CommonParlance
- definition any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
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ballroom music in CommonParlance
- definition a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing
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balls-up in CommonParlance
- definition something badly botched or muddled
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ballup in CommonParlance
- definition something badly botched or muddled
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bally in CommonParlance
- definition informal intensifiers
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ballyhoo in CommonParlance
- definition blatant or sensational promotion
- definition advertize noisily or blatantly
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ballyhoo artist in CommonParlance
- definition someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
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ballyrag in CommonParlance
- definition be bossy towards