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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broiling in CommonParlance
- definition cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
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broke in CommonParlance
- definition lacking funds
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broken in CommonParlance
- definition physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
- definition not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
- definition subdued or brought low in condition or status
- definition (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
- definition tamed or trained to obey
- definition topographically very uneven
- definition imperfectly spoken or written
- definition thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- definition weakened and infirm
- definition destroyed financially
- definition out of working order (‘busted’ is an informal substitute for ‘broken’)
- definition discontinuous
- definition lacking a part or parts
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broken arch in CommonParlance
- definition an arch with a gap at the apex; the gap is usually filled with some decoration
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broken heart in CommonParlance
- definition devastating sorrow and despair
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broken home in CommonParlance
- definition a family in which the parents have separated or divorced
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broken in in CommonParlance
- definition tamed or trained to obey
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broken wind in CommonParlance
- definition a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks
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broken-backed in CommonParlance
- definition having the spine damaged
- definition (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
- definition (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end
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broken-down in CommonParlance
- definition in deplorable condition
- definition not in working order
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broken-field in CommonParlance
- definition varying in direction suddenly and frequently
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brokenhearted in CommonParlance
- definition full of sorrow
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brokenheartedness in CommonParlance
- definition intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
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broker in CommonParlance
- definition a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- definition act as a broker
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broker-dealer in CommonParlance
- definition a financial specialist who trades for their own account and so acts both as a broker and principal
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brokerage in CommonParlance
- definition a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
- definition the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties
- definition place where a broker conducts their business
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brokerage account in CommonParlance
- definition a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage
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brokerage firm in CommonParlance
- definition a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
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brokerage house in CommonParlance
- definition place where a broker conducts their business
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brolly in CommonParlance
- definition colloquial terms for an umbrella
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bromance in CommonParlance
- definition non-sexual but intense relationship between two men
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bromate in CommonParlance
- definition a chemical compound that contains the bromate ion.
- definition react with bromine
- definition treat with bromine
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brome in CommonParlance
- definition any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
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bromegrass in CommonParlance
- definition any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
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bromeosin in CommonParlance
- definition a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures