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.
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burr 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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burr-headed in CommonParlance
- definition having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly)
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burrawong in CommonParlance
- definition large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales
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burred in CommonParlance
- definition having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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burrfish in CommonParlance
- definition any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines
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burrito in CommonParlance
- definition a flour tortilla folded around a filling
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burrlike in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a burr; especially in being prickly
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burro in CommonParlance
- definition small donkey used as a pack animal
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burro deer in CommonParlance
- definition long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers
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burrow in CommonParlance
- definition a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
- definition move through by or as by digging
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burry in CommonParlance
- definition having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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bursa in CommonParlance
- definition a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints
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bursa omentalis in CommonParlance
- definition an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach
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bursal in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or affecting a bursa
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bursar in CommonParlance
- definition the treasurer at a college or university
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bursary in CommonParlance
- definition the treasury of a public institution or religious order
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bursiform in CommonParlance
- definition shaped like a pouch
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bursitis in CommonParlance
- definition inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder
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burst in CommonParlance
- definition the act of exploding or bursting
- definition rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
- definition a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- definition a sudden intense happening
- definition come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- definition force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- definition burst outward, usually with noise
- definition move suddenly, energetically, or violently
- definition be in a state of movement or action
- definition emerge suddenly
- definition cause to burst
- definition break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
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burst forth in CommonParlance
- definition jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)
- definition be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
- definition come into or as if into flower
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burst in on in CommonParlance
- definition spring suddenly
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burst out in CommonParlance
- definition give sudden release to an expression
- definition erupt or intensify suddenly
- definition appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly
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burst upon in CommonParlance
- definition spring suddenly
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burster in CommonParlance
- definition a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
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bursting charge in CommonParlance
- definition a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time