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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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boob tube in CommonParlance
- definition an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
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booboisie in CommonParlance
- definition class consisting of all those who are considered boobs
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booby in CommonParlance
- definition an ignorant or foolish person
- definition small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
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booby hatch in CommonParlance
- definition pejorative terms for an insane asylum
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booby prize in CommonParlance
- definition a prize given to one who finishes last in a contest
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booby trap in CommonParlance
- definition an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over
- definition an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
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boodle in CommonParlance
- definition informal terms for money
- definition a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in their hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
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booger in CommonParlance
- definition an imaginary monster used to frighten children
- definition dried nasal mucus
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boogeyman in CommonParlance
- definition an imaginary monster used to frighten children
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boogie in CommonParlance
- definition an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
- definition dance to boogie music
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boogie-woogie in CommonParlance
- definition an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
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boojum tree in CommonParlance
- definition candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
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book in CommonParlance
- definition a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- definition physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- definition a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- definition a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- definition a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- definition a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
- definition a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
- definition a major division of a long written composition
- definition a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
- definition engage for a performance
- definition arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- definition record a charge in a police register
- definition register in a hotel booker
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book agent in CommonParlance
- definition a book salesman
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book bag in CommonParlance
- definition a bag in which students carry their books
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book binding in CommonParlance
- definition the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
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book binding machine in CommonParlance
- definition A machine used in bookbinding.
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book cloth in CommonParlance
- definition a woven fabric (usually cotton) used for book covers.
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book fair in CommonParlance
- definition fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books
- definition bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause
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book jacket in CommonParlance
- definition a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
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book louse in CommonParlance
- definition minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
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book lover in CommonParlance
- definition someone who loves (and usually collects) books
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book lung in CommonParlance
- definition organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book
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book matches in CommonParlance
- definition a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface
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book of account in CommonParlance
- definition a record in which commercial accounts are recorded