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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bouquet in CommonParlance
- definition an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
- definition a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
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bourbon in CommonParlance
- definition whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
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bourdon in CommonParlance
- definition a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
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bourgeois in CommonParlance
- definition (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
- definition conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
- definition belonging to the middle class
- definition a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
- definition a member of the middle class
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bourgeoisie in CommonParlance
- definition the social class between the lower and upper classes
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bourgeon in CommonParlance
- definition produce buds, branches, or germinate
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bourguignon in CommonParlance
- definition reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter
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bourguignon sauce in CommonParlance
- definition reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter
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bourn in CommonParlance
- definition an archaic term for a boundary
- definition an archaic term for a goal or destination
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bourne in CommonParlance
- definition an archaic term for a boundary
- definition an archaic term for a goal or destination
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bourtree in CommonParlance
- definition a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
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bouse in CommonParlance
- definition haul with a tackle
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boustrophedon in CommonParlance
- definition an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally ‘as the ox ploughs’
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boustrophedonic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions
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bout in CommonParlance
- definition (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- definition a period of illness
- definition a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
- definition an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
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boutique in CommonParlance
- definition a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
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boutonneuse fever in CommonParlance
- definition a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals
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boutonniere in CommonParlance
- definition a flower that is worn in a buttonhole
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bovid in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
- definition hollow-horned ruminants
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bovine in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
- definition dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox
- definition any of various members of the genus Bos
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bovine spongiform encephalitis in CommonParlance
- definition a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation
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bow in CommonParlance
- definition a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- definition a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
- definition a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- definition something curved in shape
- definition a decorative interlacing of ribbons
- definition a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- definition front part of a vessel or aircraft
- definition bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- definition an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
- definition bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
- definition yield to another's wish or opinion
- definition bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
- definition bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- definition play on a stringed instrument with a bow
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bow and arrow in CommonParlance
- definition a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them
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bow down in CommonParlance
- definition get into a prostrate position, as in submission
- definition bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
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bow leg in CommonParlance
- definition outward curvature of the legs
- definition a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)