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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basset horn in CommonParlance
- definition a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet
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basset hound in CommonParlance
- definition smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
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basset oboe in CommonParlance
- definition an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe
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bassine in CommonParlance
- definition coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms
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bassinet in CommonParlance
- definition a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed
- definition a perambulator that resembles a bassinet
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bassist in CommonParlance
- definition a musician who play the bass viol
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basso in CommonParlance
- definition an adult male singer with the lowest voice
- definition the lowest adult male singing voice
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basso continuo in CommonParlance
- definition a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
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basso profundo in CommonParlance
- definition a very deep bass voice
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basso relievo in CommonParlance
- definition a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
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basso rilievo in CommonParlance
- definition a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
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bassoon in CommonParlance
- definition a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
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bassoonist in CommonParlance
- definition a musician who plays the bassoon
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basswood in CommonParlance
- definition soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
- definition any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
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bast in CommonParlance
- definition strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants
- definition (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
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bast fiber in CommonParlance
- definition strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants
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bastard in CommonParlance
- definition fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- definition insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- definition the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
- definition derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
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bastard feverfew in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers; adventive in southern United States
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bastard indigo in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian shrub
- definition dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
- definition an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers
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bastard lignum vitae in CommonParlance
- definition small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood
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bastard pennyroyal in CommonParlance
- definition aromatic plant of the eastern United States
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bastard pimpernel in CommonParlance
- definition weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves
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bastard ridley in CommonParlance
- definition grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
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bastard title in CommonParlance
- definition a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book
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bastard toadflax in CommonParlance
- definition woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers