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
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Terms in this context
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barbarism in CommonParlance
- definition a brutal barbarous savage act
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barbarity in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
- definition a brutal barbarous savage act
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barbarization in CommonParlance
- definition an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
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barbarize in CommonParlance
- definition become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
- definition make crude or savage in behavior or speech
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barbarous in CommonParlance
- definition (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- definition primitive in customs and culture
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barbarously in CommonParlance
- definition in a barbarous manner
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barbarousness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
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barbasco in CommonParlance
- definition West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
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barbate in CommonParlance
- definition having hair on the cheeks and chin
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barbecue in CommonParlance
- definition meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
- definition a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
- definition a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
- definition cook outdoors on a barbecue grill
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barbecue fork in CommonParlance
- definition an elongated, two-pronged fork used to lift and turn food while being cooked as in the case of barbecue.
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barbecue pit in CommonParlance
- definition a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat
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barbecue sauce in CommonParlance
- definition spicy sweet and sour sauce usually based on catsup or chili sauce
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barbecued in CommonParlance
- definition cooked over an outdoor grill
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barbecued spareribs in CommonParlance
- definition baked or roasted with a spicy sauce
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barbecued wing in CommonParlance
- definition chicken wings cooked in barbecue sauce
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barbecuing in CommonParlance
- definition roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire
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barbed in CommonParlance
- definition capable of wounding
- definition having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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barbed wire in CommonParlance
- definition strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
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barbel in CommonParlance
- definition slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
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barbell in CommonParlance
- definition a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting
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barbellate in CommonParlance
- definition having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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barbeque in CommonParlance
- definition meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
- definition a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
- definition a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
- definition cook outdoors on a barbecue grill
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barber in CommonParlance
- definition a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
- definition perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of
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barber chair in CommonParlance
- definition a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers