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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broadloom in CommonParlance
- definition (of rugs or carpets) woven full width
- definition a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams
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broadly in CommonParlance
- definition without regard to specific details or exceptions
- definition in a wide fashion
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broadly speaking in CommonParlance
- definition without regard to specific details or exceptions
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broadness in CommonParlance
- definition the property of being wide; having great width
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broadnosed in CommonParlance
- definition of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses
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broadsheet in CommonParlance
- definition an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
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broadside in CommonParlance
- definition toward a full side
- definition an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- definition a speech of violent denunciation
- definition all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
- definition the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
- definition the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
- definition with a side facing an object
- definition collide with the broad side of
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broadsword in CommonParlance
- definition a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab
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broadtail in CommonParlance
- definition the fur of a very young karakul lamb
- definition hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur
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broadwise in CommonParlance
- definition in the direction of the breadth
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brocade in CommonParlance
- definition thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
- definition weave a design into (textiles)
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brocaded in CommonParlance
- definition embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery
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broccoli in CommonParlance
- definition plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
- definition branched green undeveloped flower heads
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broccoli raab in CommonParlance
- definition plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots
- definition slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds
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broccoli rabe in CommonParlance
- definition plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots
- definition slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds
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brochette in CommonParlance
- definition a small spit or skewer
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brochure in CommonParlance
- definition a small book usually having a paper cover
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brocket in CommonParlance
- definition small South American deer with unbranched antlers
- definition male red deer in its second year
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brodiaea in CommonParlance
- definition any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium
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brogan in CommonParlance
- definition a thick and heavy shoe
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brogue in CommonParlance
- definition a thick and heavy shoe
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broider in CommonParlance
- definition decorate with needlework
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broil in CommonParlance
- definition cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
- definition cook under a broiler
- definition heat by a natural force
- definition be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
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broiled in CommonParlance
- definition cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)
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broiler in CommonParlance
- definition an oven or part of a stove used for broiling
- definition flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling