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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cabdriver in CommonParlance
- definition someone who drives a taxi for a living
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caber in CommonParlance
- definition a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)
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cabin in CommonParlance
- definition small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
- definition a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
- definition the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried
- definition confine to a small space, such as a cabin
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cabin boy in CommonParlance
- definition a young man acting as a servant on a ship
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cabin car in CommonParlance
- definition a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
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cabin class in CommonParlance
- definition a class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations
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cabin cruiser in CommonParlance
- definition a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
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cabin girl in CommonParlance
- definition a young woman acting as a servant on a ship
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cabin liner in CommonParlance
- definition a liner with cabins for passengers
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cabinet in CommonParlance
- definition a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
- definition persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
- definition a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
- definition housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
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cabinet minister in CommonParlance
- definition a person who is a member of the cabinet
- definition the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet
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cabinet wood in CommonParlance
- definition moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork
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cabinetmaker in CommonParlance
- definition a woodworker who specializes in making furniture
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cabinetmaking in CommonParlance
- definition the craft of a joiner
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cabinetry in CommonParlance
- definition the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)
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cabinetwork in CommonParlance
- definition woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker
- definition the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)
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cable in CommonParlance
- definition a telegram sent abroad
- definition a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- definition a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
- definition a nautical unit of depth
- definition television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- definition a television system that transmits over cables
- definition send cables, wires, or telegrams
- definition fasten with a cable
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cable car in CommonParlance
- definition a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
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cable length in CommonParlance
- definition a nautical unit of depth
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cable radio in CommonParlance
- definition bringing radio signals into homes and businesses via coaxial cable.
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cable railway in CommonParlance
- definition a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
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cable system in CommonParlance
- definition a television system that transmits over cables
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cable television in CommonParlance
- definition television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- definition a television system that transmits over cables
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cable television service in CommonParlance
- definition a television system that transmits over cables
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cable tramway in CommonParlance
- definition a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers