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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bobsledding in CommonParlance
- definition riding on a bobsled
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bobsleigh in CommonParlance
- definition formerly two short sleds coupled together
- definition a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
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bobtail in CommonParlance
- definition having a short or shortened tail
- definition a short or shortened tail of certain animals
- definition large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
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bobtailed in CommonParlance
- definition having a short or shortened tail
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bobwhite in CommonParlance
- definition a popular North American game bird; named for its call
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bobwhite quail in CommonParlance
- definition a popular North American game bird; named for its call
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bocce in CommonParlance
- definition Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
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bocce ball in CommonParlance
- definition wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce
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bocci in CommonParlance
- definition Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
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bocci ball in CommonParlance
- definition wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce
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boccie in CommonParlance
- definition Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
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boccie ball in CommonParlance
- definition wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce
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bocconia in CommonParlance
- definition herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers
- definition small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers
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bock in CommonParlance
- definition a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring
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bock beer in CommonParlance
- definition a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring
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bod in CommonParlance
- definition alternative names for the body of a human being
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bodacious in CommonParlance
- definition incorrigible
- definition unrestrained by convention or propriety
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bode in CommonParlance
- definition indicate, as with a sign or an omen
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bodega in CommonParlance
- definition a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries
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bodge in CommonParlance
- definition make a mess of, destroy or ruin
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bodice in CommonParlance
- definition part of a dress above the waist
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bodice ripper in CommonParlance
- definition a romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated
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bodied in CommonParlance
- definition having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination
- definition possessing or existing in bodily form
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bodiless in CommonParlance
- definition not having a material body
- definition having no trunk or main part
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bodily in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or belonging to the body
- definition affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
- definition having or relating to a physical material body
- definition in bodily form