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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buttoned-up in CommonParlance
- definition (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
- definition conservative in professional manner
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buttonhole in CommonParlance
- definition a hole through which buttons are pushed
- definition detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
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buttonhole machine in CommonParlance
- definition a sewing machine that sews all types of buttonholes with or without the gimp thread.
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buttonhole stitch in CommonParlance
- definition a reinforcing looped stitch for edges, as around a buttonhole
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buttonhook in CommonParlance
- definition a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
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buttonlike in CommonParlance
- definition small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
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buttonwood in CommonParlance
- definition very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
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buttony in CommonParlance
- definition small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
- definition ornamented with many buttons
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buttress in CommonParlance
- definition a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
- definition reinforce with a buttress
- definition make stronger or defensible
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buttressed in CommonParlance
- definition held up by braces or buttresses
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buttressing in CommonParlance
- definition a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
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buttweld in CommonParlance
- definition join by a butt weld
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butty in CommonParlance
- definition a sandwich
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butut in CommonParlance
- definition 100 bututs equal 1 dalasi in Gambia
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butyl in CommonParlance
- definition a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9)
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butyl alcohol in CommonParlance
- definition a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents
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butyl nitrite in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers
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butyl rubber in CommonParlance
- definition synthetic rubber made by polymerizing isobutylene
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butylate in CommonParlance
- definition introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound
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butylene in CommonParlance
- definition any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers
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butyraceous in CommonParlance
- definition having the qualities of butter or yielding or containing a substance like butter
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butyric in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or producing butyric acid
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butyric acid in CommonParlance
- definition an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter
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butyrin in CommonParlance
- definition any of three glycerides of butyric acid
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buxom in CommonParlance
- definition (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
- definition (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous