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 out in CommonParlance
- definition darken completely
- definition suppress by censorship as for political reasons
- definition lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
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black pea in CommonParlance
- definition perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying
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black pepper in CommonParlance
- definition climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
- definition pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on
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black pepper vodka in CommonParlance
- definition strong alcoholic beverage with pepper flavor.
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black peppercorn vodka in CommonParlance
- definition strong alcoholic beverage with pepper flavor.
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black pine in CommonParlance
- definition conifer of Australia and New Zealand
- definition New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry
- definition large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog
- definition tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine
- definition large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe
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black poplar in CommonParlance
- definition large European poplar
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black powder in CommonParlance
- definition a simple form of gunpowder, consisting of a mixture of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur; invented in the 9th century in China.
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black pudding in CommonParlance
- definition a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients
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black racer in CommonParlance
- definition blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet
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black raspberry in CommonParlance
- definition raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
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black rat in CommonParlance
- definition common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
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black rat snake in CommonParlance
- definition large harmless shiny black North American snake
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black rhinoceros in CommonParlance
- definition African rhino; in danger of extinction
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black rockweed in CommonParlance
- definition a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
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black root rot fungus in CommonParlance
- definition fungus causing black root rot in apples
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black rot in CommonParlance
- definition a fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables
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black rudderfish in CommonParlance
- definition blackish fish of New England waters
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black sage in CommonParlance
- definition an aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico
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black sally in CommonParlance
- definition a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum
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black salsify in CommonParlance
- definition perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots
- definition long black salsify
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black saltwort in CommonParlance
- definition a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers
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black sea bass in CommonParlance
- definition bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
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black sheep in CommonParlance
- definition a reckless and unprincipled reprobate
- definition sheep with a black coat
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black snakeroot in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States
- definition North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia