CommonParlance
Seed
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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barn in CommonParlance
- definition an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
- definition (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
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barn dance in CommonParlance
- definition a dance party featuring country dancing
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barn door in CommonParlance
- definition the large sliding door of a barn
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barn grass in CommonParlance
- definition a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing
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barn millet in CommonParlance
- definition a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing
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barn owl in CommonParlance
- definition mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control
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barn spider in CommonParlance
- definition an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily
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barn swallow in CommonParlance
- definition common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
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barnacle in CommonParlance
- definition marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
- definition European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
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barnacle goose in CommonParlance
- definition European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
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barnburner in CommonParlance
- definition someone who burns down a barn
- definition an impressively successful event
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barndoor in CommonParlance
- definition an opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas
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barndoor skate in CommonParlance
- definition one of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook
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barnful in CommonParlance
- definition the quantity that a barn will hold
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barnstorm in CommonParlance
- definition appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper
- definition tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays
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barnstormer in CommonParlance
- definition an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
- definition a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting
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barnyard in CommonParlance
- definition a yard adjoining a barn
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barnyard grass in CommonParlance
- definition a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing
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barograph in CommonParlance
- definition a recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure
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barographic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or registered by a barograph
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barometer in CommonParlance
- definition an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
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barometric in CommonParlance
- definition relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer
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barometric pressure in CommonParlance
- definition atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer
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barometrical in CommonParlance
- definition relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer
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baron in CommonParlance
- definition a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
- definition a British peer of the lowest rank
- definition a very wealthy or powerful businessperson