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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balsamy in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or containing balsam
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baltic porter in CommonParlance
- definition a dark, very strong lager, fermented at cooler temperatures.
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baluster in CommonParlance
- definition one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing
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balusters in CommonParlance
- definition a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
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balustrade in CommonParlance
- definition a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
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bam in CommonParlance
- definition a sudden very loud noise
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bambino in CommonParlance
- definition a young child who is just beginning to walk
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bamboo in CommonParlance
- definition the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
- definition woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
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bamboo curtain in CommonParlance
- definition an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s
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bamboo fern in CommonParlance
- definition fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds
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bamboo palm in CommonParlance
- definition small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers
- definition a palm of the genus Raffia
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bamboo shoot in CommonParlance
- definition edible young shoots of bamboo
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bamboozle in CommonParlance
- definition conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
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ban in CommonParlance
- definition a decree that prohibits something
- definition 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
- definition 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
- definition an official prohibition or edict against something
- definition a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.
- definition forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
- definition prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
- definition ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
- definition expel from a community or group
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banal in CommonParlance
- definition repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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banality in CommonParlance
- definition a trite or obvious remark
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banana in CommonParlance
- definition any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
- definition elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
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banana boat in CommonParlance
- definition a ship designed to transport bananas
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banana bread in CommonParlance
- definition moist bread containing banana pulp
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banana oil in CommonParlance
- definition a liquid ester derived from amyl alcohol; has the odor of bananas
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banana passion fruit in CommonParlance
- definition cultivated for fruit
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banana peel in CommonParlance
- definition the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded)
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banana quit in CommonParlance
- definition any of several honeycreepers
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banana republic in CommonParlance
- definition a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas)
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banana skin in CommonParlance
- definition the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded)