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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barrage jam in CommonParlance
- definition jam an entire frequency spectrum
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barrage jamming in CommonParlance
- definition electronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies simultaneously
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barrater in CommonParlance
- definition someone guilty of barratry
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barrator in CommonParlance
- definition someone guilty of barratry
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barratry in CommonParlance
- definition traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
- definition the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery
- definition (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo
- definition the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels
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barred in CommonParlance
- definition preventing entry or exit or a course of action
- definition marked with stripes or bands
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barred owl in CommonParlance
- definition large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown
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barred pickerel in CommonParlance
- definition small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states
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barrel in CommonParlance
- definition a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
- definition a cylindrical container that holds liquids
- definition a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
- definition the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
- definition any of various units of capacity
- definition put in barrels
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barrel cactus in CommonParlance
- definition a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits
- definition any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil
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barrel knot in CommonParlance
- definition a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times
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barrel maker in CommonParlance
- definition a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
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barrel organ in CommonParlance
- definition a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs
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barrel roll in CommonParlance
- definition a roll in which the plane follows a spiral course
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barrel vault in CommonParlance
- definition the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch
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barrel-shaped in CommonParlance
- definition having the general shape of a barrel
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barreled in CommonParlance
- definition put in or stored in a barrel
- definition (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends
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barrelfish in CommonParlance
- definition blackish fish of New England waters
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barrelful in CommonParlance
- definition the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
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barrelhouse in CommonParlance
- definition a cheap drinking and dancing establishment
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barrelled in CommonParlance
- definition put in or stored in a barrel
- definition (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends
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barrels in CommonParlance
- definition the amount that many barrels might hold
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barren in CommonParlance
- definition providing no shelter or sustenance
- definition not bearing offspring
- definition completely wanting or lacking
- definition an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
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barren ground caribou in CommonParlance
- definition of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
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barrenness in CommonParlance
- definition the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
- definition the quality of yielding nothing of value