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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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bay in CommonParlance
- definition (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
- definition an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- definition the sound of a hound on the scent
- definition small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
- definition a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
- definition a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
- definition a small recess opening off a larger room
- definition a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
- definition utter in deep prolonged tones
- definition bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
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bay grass in CommonParlance
- definition any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion
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bay laurel in CommonParlance
- definition small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
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bay leaf in CommonParlance
- definition dried leaf of the bay laurel
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bay lynx in CommonParlance
- definition small lynx of North America
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bay myrtle in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles
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bay rum in CommonParlance
- definition an aromatic liquid originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree with rum
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bay scallop in CommonParlance
- definition muscle of small choice shallow-water scallops
- definition a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America
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bay tree in CommonParlance
- definition small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
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bay willow in CommonParlance
- definition European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States
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bay window in CommonParlance
- definition slang for a paunch
- definition a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
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bay wreath in CommonParlance
- definition (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
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bay-leaved caper in CommonParlance
- definition shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America
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bay-rum tree in CommonParlance
- definition West Indian tree; source of bay rum
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baya in CommonParlance
- definition common Indian weaverbird
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bayat in CommonParlance
- definition an oath of allegiance to an emir
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bayberry in CommonParlance
- definition West Indian tree; source of bay rum
- definition deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
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bayberry tallow in CommonParlance
- definition a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
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bayberry wax in CommonParlance
- definition a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
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bayonet in CommonParlance
- definition a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
- definition stab or kill someone with a bayonet
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bayou in CommonParlance
- definition a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
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bazaar in CommonParlance
- definition a shop where a variety of goods are sold
- definition a street of small shops (especially in Orient)
- definition a sale of miscellany; often for charity
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bazar in CommonParlance
- definition a street of small shops (especially in Orient)
- definition a shop where a variety of goods are sold
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bazillion in CommonParlance
- definition a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
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bazooka in CommonParlance
- definition a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon