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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butcher in CommonParlance
- definition a retailer of meat
- definition a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- definition a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- definition someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
- definition kill (animals) usually for food consumption
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butcher block in CommonParlance
- definition a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood
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butcher board in CommonParlance
- definition a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood
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butcher knife in CommonParlance
- definition a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat
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butcher paper in CommonParlance
- definition a strong wrapping paper that resists penetration by blood or meat fluids
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butcher shop in CommonParlance
- definition a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold
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butcher's broom in CommonParlance
- definition shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms
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butcherbird in CommonParlance
- definition shrikes that impale their prey on thorns
- definition large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
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butchering in CommonParlance
- definition the business of a butcher
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butcherly in CommonParlance
- definition poorly done
- definition accompanied by bloodshed
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butchery in CommonParlance
- definition a building where animals are butchered
- definition the business of a butcher
- definition the savage and excessive killing of many people
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butea gum in CommonParlance
- definition dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent
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butea kino in CommonParlance
- definition dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent
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butene in CommonParlance
- definition any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers
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buteonine in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo
- definition any hawk of the genus Buteo
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butler in CommonParlance
- definition a servant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
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butt in CommonParlance
- definition thick end of the handle
- definition the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
- definition a victim of ridicule or pranks
- definition the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- definition sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
- definition finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
- definition a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
- definition a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
- definition the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
- definition lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- definition to strike, thrust or shove against
- definition place end to end without overlapping
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butt against in CommonParlance
- definition lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- definition collide violently with an obstacle
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butt end in CommonParlance
- definition thick end of the handle
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butt hinge in CommonParlance
- definition a hinge mortised flush into the edge of the door and jamb
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butt in in CommonParlance
- definition break into a conversation
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butt joint in CommonParlance
- definition a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
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butt on in CommonParlance
- definition lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
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butt pack in CommonParlance
- definition a waist pack worn with the pouch in back
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butt shaft in CommonParlance
- definition a blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice