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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brewer's yeast in CommonParlance
- definition yeast used in fermenting beer
- definition used as a leaven in baking and brewing
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brewery in CommonParlance
- definition a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation
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brewing in CommonParlance
- definition the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast
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brewpub in CommonParlance
- definition a combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food
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briar in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
- definition a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
- definition evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- definition a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
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briar pipe in CommonParlance
- definition a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
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briard in CommonParlance
- definition old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat
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briarroot in CommonParlance
- definition hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea
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briarwood in CommonParlance
- definition wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
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briary in CommonParlance
- definition having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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bribable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being corrupted
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bribe in CommonParlance
- definition payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt their judgment
- definition make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
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briber in CommonParlance
- definition someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act
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bribery in CommonParlance
- definition the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
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bric-a-brac in CommonParlance
- definition miscellaneous curios
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brick in CommonParlance
- definition rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
- definition a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
- definition To stop working (of an electronic device)
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brick cheese in CommonParlance
- definition semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form
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brick in in CommonParlance
- definition wall up with brick
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brick machine in CommonParlance
- definition an industrial machine used for manufacturing bricks.
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brick over in CommonParlance
- definition wall up with brick
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brick red in CommonParlance
- definition a bright reddish-brown color
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brick trowel in CommonParlance
- definition a trowel used in masonry
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brick up in CommonParlance
- definition wall up with brick
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brick-making machine in CommonParlance
- definition an industrial machine used for manufacturing bricks.
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brick-molding machine in CommonParlance
- definition an industrial machine used for manufacturing bricks.