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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bar chart in CommonParlance
- definition a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
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bar code in CommonParlance
- definition code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information
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bar exam in CommonParlance
- definition an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction
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bar examination in CommonParlance
- definition an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction
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bar fly in CommonParlance
- definition a drinker who frequents bars
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bar girl in CommonParlance
- definition a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
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bar graph in CommonParlance
- definition a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
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bar hop in CommonParlance
- definition go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk
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bar line in CommonParlance
- definition a vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical bars
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bar magnet in CommonParlance
- definition a magnet in the form of a bar with magnetic poles at each end
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bar mask in CommonParlance
- definition a catcher's mask with bars
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bar mitzvah in CommonParlance
- definition (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility
- definition confirm in the bar mitzvah ceremony, of boys in the Jewish faith
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bar printer in CommonParlance
- definition an impact printer that uses a bar to carry the type slugs
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bar sinister in CommonParlance
- definition the status of being born to parents who were not married
- definition a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left
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bar soap in CommonParlance
- definition soap in the form of a bar
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bar-room plant in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
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bar-shaped in CommonParlance
- definition shaped like a rigid strip of metal or wood
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baranduki in CommonParlance
- definition terrestrial Siberian squirrel
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barb in CommonParlance
- definition an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- definition the pointed part of barbed wire
- definition a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
- definition one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- definition provide with barbs
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barbacan in CommonParlance
- definition a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
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barbados cherry in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
- definition acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
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barbarian in CommonParlance
- definition without civilizing influences
- definition a member of an uncivilized people
- definition a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
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barbaric in CommonParlance
- definition without civilizing influences
- definition unrestrained and crudely rich
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barbarisation in CommonParlance
- definition an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
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barbarise in CommonParlance
- definition become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
- definition make crude or savage in behavior or speech