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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basketball shot in CommonParlance
- definition throwing the basketball toward the hoop
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basketball team in CommonParlance
- definition a team that plays basketball
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basketeer in CommonParlance
- definition an athlete who plays basketball
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basketful in CommonParlance
- definition the quantity contained in a basket
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basketmaker in CommonParlance
- definition someone skilled in weaving baskets
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basketry in CommonParlance
- definition the craft of basket making
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basketweaver in CommonParlance
- definition someone skilled in weaving baskets
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basking shark in CommonParlance
- definition large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface
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basonym in CommonParlance
- definition an original scientific name on which the modern name is based
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basophil in CommonParlance
- definition a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains
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basophile in CommonParlance
- definition a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains
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basophilia in CommonParlance
- definition the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes
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basophilic in CommonParlance
- definition staining readily with basic dyes
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bass in CommonParlance
- definition having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
- definition the lowest part of the musical range
- definition the lowest part in polyphonic music
- definition an adult male singer with the lowest voice
- definition the lowest adult male singing voice
- definition the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
- definition the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
- definition any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
- definition nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
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bass clarinet in CommonParlance
- definition a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet
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bass clef in CommonParlance
- definition a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
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bass drum in CommonParlance
- definition a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
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bass fiddle in CommonParlance
- definition largest and lowest member of the violin family
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bass guitar in CommonParlance
- definition the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch
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bass horn in CommonParlance
- definition the lowest brass wind instrument
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bass part in CommonParlance
- definition the lowest part in polyphonic music
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bass viol in CommonParlance
- definition viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
- definition largest and lowest member of the violin family
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bass voice in CommonParlance
- definition the lowest adult male singing voice
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bassarisk in CommonParlance
- definition raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
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basset in CommonParlance
- definition smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
- definition appear at the surface