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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black Maria in CommonParlance
- definition van used by police to transport prisoners
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black and gold garden spider in CommonParlance
- definition a widely distributed North American garden spider
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black and white in CommonParlance
- definition not having or not capable of producing colors
- definition communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
- definition a black-and-white photograph or slide
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black apricot in CommonParlance
- definition small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit
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black archangel in CommonParlance
- definition ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers
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black art in CommonParlance
- definition the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
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black ash in CommonParlance
- definition vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn
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black bamboo in CommonParlance
- definition small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black
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black bass in CommonParlance
- definition bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
- definition widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)
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black bead in CommonParlance
- definition erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
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black bean in CommonParlance
- definition black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried
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black bear in CommonParlance
- definition bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
- definition brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
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black bearberry in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar
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black bee in CommonParlance
- definition dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin
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black beech in CommonParlance
- definition New Zealand forest tree
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black belt in CommonParlance
- definition a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate)
- definition a black sash worn to show expert standards in the martial arts (judo or karate)
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black bile in CommonParlance
- definition a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
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black bindweed in CommonParlance
- definition common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries
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black birch in CommonParlance
- definition common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
- definition birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
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black body in CommonParlance
- definition a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
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black book in CommonParlance
- definition a list of people who are out of favor
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black box in CommonParlance
- definition equipment that records information about the performance of an aircraft during flight
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black bread in CommonParlance
- definition bread made of coarse rye flour
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black bream in CommonParlance
- definition important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia
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black bryony in CommonParlance
- definition common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries