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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bottlenose in CommonParlance
- definition any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
- definition northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
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bottlenose dolphin in CommonParlance
- definition any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
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bottlenose whale in CommonParlance
- definition northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
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bottler in CommonParlance
- definition a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages
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bottling plant in CommonParlance
- definition a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps
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bottom in CommonParlance
- definition situated at the bottom or lowest position
- definition the lowest rank
- definition the lower side of anything
- definition the lowest part of anything
- definition the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- definition the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
- definition a depression forming the ground under a body of water
- definition low-lying alluvial land near a river
- definition a cargo ship
- definition provide with a bottom or a seat
- definition strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
- definition come to understand
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bottom dog in CommonParlance
- definition a person of low status
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bottom feeder in CommonParlance
- definition an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others
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bottom fermentation in CommonParlance
- definition a slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of lager
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bottom fermenting yeast in CommonParlance
- definition brewer's yeast used in bottom fermentation of lager
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bottom fish in CommonParlance
- definition fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)
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bottom line in CommonParlance
- definition the last line in an audit; the line that shows profit or loss
- definition the decisive point
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bottom lurker in CommonParlance
- definition a fish that lurks on the bottom of a body of water
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bottom of the inning in CommonParlance
- definition the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
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bottom out in CommonParlance
- definition reach the low point
- definition hit the ground
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bottom quark in CommonParlance
- definition a quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron
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bottom rot in CommonParlance
- definition fungous disease of lettuce that first rots lower leaves and spreads upward
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bottom rot fungus in CommonParlance
- definition fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce
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bottom round in CommonParlance
- definition cut from the round; suitable for pot roast
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bottom-dweller in CommonParlance
- definition a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water
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bottom-dwelling in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to fish and marine life that dwell on the bottom of a body of water
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bottom-feeder in CommonParlance
- definition a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain
- definition a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water
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bottom-feeding in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to fish and marine life that feed on the bottom of a body of water
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bottom-up in CommonParlance
- definition of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level
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bottomed in CommonParlance
- definition having a bottom of a specified character