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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bunny in CommonParlance
- definition a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
- definition (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
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bunny girl in CommonParlance
- definition a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
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bunny hug in CommonParlance
- definition a syncopated ballroom dance formerly popular in the US
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bunny rabbit in CommonParlance
- definition (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
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buns in CommonParlance
- definition the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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bunsen in CommonParlance
- definition a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air
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bunsen burner in CommonParlance
- definition a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air
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bunt in CommonParlance
- definition (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it
- definition disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- definition similar to Tilletia caries
- definition fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- definition hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- definition to strike, thrust or shove against
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buntal in CommonParlance
- definition fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats
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bunter in CommonParlance
- definition a batter who bunts
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bunting in CommonParlance
- definition a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
- definition any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
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buntline coil in CommonParlance
- definition A basic coil for storing rope.
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bunya bunya in CommonParlance
- definition Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law
- definition nut tasting like roasted chestnuts; a staple food of Australian aborigines
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bunya bunya tree in CommonParlance
- definition Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law
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bunyavirus in CommonParlance
- definition an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon
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buoy in CommonParlance
- definition a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards; typically brightly-coloured
- definition float on the surface of water
- definition keep afloat
- definition mark with a buoy
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buoy up in CommonParlance
- definition become more cheerful
- definition make more cheerful
- definition keep afloat
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buoyancy in CommonParlance
- definition cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
- definition the property of something weightless and insubstantial
- definition the tendency to float in water or other liquid
- definition irrepressible liveliness and good spirit
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buoyant in CommonParlance
- definition tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
- definition characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
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buoyantly in CommonParlance
- definition in a cheerfully buoyant manner
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bur in CommonParlance
- definition seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- definition small bit used in dentistry or surgery
- definition remove the burrs from
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bur grass in CommonParlance
- definition a grass of the genus Cenchrus
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bur marigold in CommonParlance
- definition any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
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bur oak in CommonParlance
- definition medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
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bur reed in CommonParlance
- definition marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit