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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barber's itch in CommonParlance
- definition fungal infection of the face and neck
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barber's pole in CommonParlance
- definition striped pole outside a barbershop
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barber-surgery in CommonParlance
- definition (formerly) the occupation or practice of a barber practicing surgery and dentistry.
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barberry in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
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barbershop in CommonParlance
- definition a shop where men can get their hair cut
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barbershop quartet in CommonParlance
- definition an unaccompanied quartet of (usually male) voices singing sentimental songs in four-part harmony
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barbet in CommonParlance
- definition small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
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barbette in CommonParlance
- definition (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
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barbette carriage in CommonParlance
- definition a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet
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barbican in CommonParlance
- definition a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
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barbital in CommonParlance
- definition a barbiturate used as a hypnotic
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barbitone in CommonParlance
- definition a barbiturate used as a hypnotic
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barbiturate in CommonParlance
- definition organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
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barbituric acid in CommonParlance
- definition a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs
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barbu in CommonParlance
- definition found along western Atlantic coast
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barbwire in CommonParlance
- definition strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
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barcarole in CommonParlance
- definition a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
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barcarolle in CommonParlance
- definition a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
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bard in CommonParlance
- definition a lyric poet
- definition an ornamental caparison for a horse
- definition put a caparison on
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barde in CommonParlance
- definition put a caparison on
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bardic in CommonParlance
- definition being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry
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bardolatry in CommonParlance
- definition the idolization of William Shakespeare
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bare in CommonParlance
- definition having no clothes on the body
- definition lacking in magnitude or quantity
- definition not having a protective covering
- definition lacking its natural or customary covering
- definition just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- definition apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- definition lacking a surface finish such as paint
- definition providing no shelter or sustenance
- definition having everything extraneous removed including contents
- definition lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- definition expose to view
- definition make public
- definition lay bare
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bare bone in CommonParlance
- definition bone stripped of flesh
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bare bones in CommonParlance
- definition (plural) the most basic facts or elements