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.
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billiard parlor in CommonParlance
- definition a room in which billiards is played
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billiard parlour in CommonParlance
- definition a room in which billiards is played
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billiard player in CommonParlance
- definition someone who plays billiards
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billiard room in CommonParlance
- definition a room in which billiards is played
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billiard saloon in CommonParlance
- definition a room in which billiards is played
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billiard table in CommonParlance
- definition game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played
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billiards in CommonParlance
- definition any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
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billing in CommonParlance
- definition request for payment of a debt
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billingsgate in CommonParlance
- definition foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
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billion in CommonParlance
- definition denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
- definition denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
- definition the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen
- definition a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
- definition the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
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billion floating point operations per second in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion floating point operations per second.
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billion-dollar grass in CommonParlance
- definition coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States
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billionaire in CommonParlance
- definition a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars
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billionth in CommonParlance
- definition the ordinal number of one billion in counting order
- definition position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things
- definition one part in a billion equal parts
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billow in CommonParlance
- definition a large sea wave
- definition rise up as if in waves
- definition move with great difficulty
- definition rise and move, as in waves or billows
- definition become inflated
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billowing in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by great swelling waves or surges
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billowy in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by great swelling waves or surges
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billy in CommonParlance
- definition a short stout club used primarily by policemen
- definition male goat
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billy buttons in CommonParlance
- definition any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand
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billy club in CommonParlance
- definition a short stout club used primarily by policemen
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billy goat in CommonParlance
- definition male goat
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billy-ho in CommonParlance
- definition an unimaginably large amount
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billyo in CommonParlance
- definition an unimaginably large amount
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billyoh in CommonParlance
- definition an unimaginably large amount
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billystick in CommonParlance
- definition a short stout club used primarily by policemen