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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cake mold in CommonParlance
- definition molds or pans used to make baked items that come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
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cake mould in CommonParlance
- definition molds or pans used to make baked items that come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
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cake tin in CommonParlance
- definition molds or pans used to make baked items that come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
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cakehole in CommonParlance
- definition informal terms for the mouth
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cakewalk in CommonParlance
- definition a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
- definition an easy accomplishment
- definition perform the cakewalk dance
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calaba in CommonParlance
- definition West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice
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calabar bean in CommonParlance
- definition dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft
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calabar-bean vine in CommonParlance
- definition tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans
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calabash in CommonParlance
- definition round gourd of the calabash tree
- definition tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
- definition Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
- definition bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
- definition a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
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calabash pipe in CommonParlance
- definition a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
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calabash tree in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
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calabazilla in CommonParlance
- definition perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
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calabur tree in CommonParlance
- definition a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and fleshy edible fruit; a bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
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calabura in CommonParlance
- definition a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and fleshy edible fruit; a bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
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caladenia in CommonParlance
- definition any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia
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caladium in CommonParlance
- definition any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red
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calamari in CommonParlance
- definition (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
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calamary in CommonParlance
- definition (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
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calamine in CommonParlance
- definition a white mineral; a common ore of zinc
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calamine lotion in CommonParlance
- definition a lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine; used to treat itching or mild skin irritations
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calamint in CommonParlance
- definition perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America
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calamitous in CommonParlance
- definition (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
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calamity in CommonParlance
- definition an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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calamondin in CommonParlance
- definition a fruit of the calamondin tree.
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calamus in CommonParlance
- definition any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
- definition the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
- definition perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
- definition the hollow spine of a feather