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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big-boned in CommonParlance
- definition having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh
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big-bud hickory in CommonParlance
- definition smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
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big-chested in CommonParlance
- definition marked by a large or well-developed chest
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big-cone douglas fir in CommonParlance
- definition douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long
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big-cone spruce in CommonParlance
- definition douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long
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big-eared bat in CommonParlance
- definition large carnivorous Old World bat with very large ears
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big-eyed scad in CommonParlance
- definition of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait
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big-leaf maple in CommonParlance
- definition maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn
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big-shouldered in CommonParlance
- definition having broad shoulders
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big-ticket in CommonParlance
- definition very expensive
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big-toothed aspen in CommonParlance
- definition aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America
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big-tree plum in CommonParlance
- definition small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves
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bigamist in CommonParlance
- definition someone who marries one person while already legally married to another
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bigamous in CommonParlance
- definition of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first
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bigamy in CommonParlance
- definition the state of having two spouses at the same time
- definition the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred
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bigarade in CommonParlance
- definition any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
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bigeminal in CommonParlance
- definition occurring in pairs
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bigeneric in CommonParlance
- definition resulting from a cross between species of different genera
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bigeye in CommonParlance
- definition red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales
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bigeye scad in CommonParlance
- definition of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait
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bigger in CommonParlance
- definition large or big relative to something else
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biggin in CommonParlance
- definition a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin
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biggish in CommonParlance
- definition somewhat large
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bighead in CommonParlance
- definition any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck
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bigheaded in CommonParlance
- definition (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant