CommonParlance
Seed
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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boxlike in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a box in rectangularity
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boxthorn in CommonParlance
- definition any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries
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boxwood in CommonParlance
- definition very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
- definition evergreen shrubs or small trees
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boxy in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a box in rectangularity
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boy in CommonParlance
- definition a youthful male person
- definition a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- definition a male human offspring
- definition (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
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boy Friday in CommonParlance
- definition a male assistant who has a range of duties
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boy scout in CommonParlance
- definition a man who is considered naive
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boy wonder in CommonParlance
- definition an extremely talented young male person
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boycott in CommonParlance
- definition a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- definition refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
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boyfriend in CommonParlance
- definition a man who is the lover of a man or woman
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boyhood in CommonParlance
- definition the childhood of a boy
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boyish in CommonParlance
- definition befitting or characteristic of a young boy
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boyishly in CommonParlance
- definition like a boy
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boyishness in CommonParlance
- definition being characteristic of a boy
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boylike in CommonParlance
- definition befitting or characteristic of a young boy
- definition like a boy
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boys-and-girls in CommonParlance
- definition Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
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boysenberry in CommonParlance
- definition cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
- definition large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries
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boysenberry bush in CommonParlance
- definition cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
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boytrose in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a cluster of grapes in form
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bozo in CommonParlance
- definition a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- definition an informal term for a youth or man
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bpi in CommonParlance
- definition a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium
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bpm in CommonParlance
- definition the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds
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bps in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)
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bra in CommonParlance
- definition an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
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brabble in CommonParlance
- definition argue over petty things