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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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carnation in CommonParlance
- definition pink or pinkish
- definition Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
- definition a pink or reddish-pink color
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carnauba in CommonParlance
- definition hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
- definition Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
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carnauba palm in CommonParlance
- definition Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
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carnauba wax in CommonParlance
- definition hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
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carnelian in CommonParlance
- definition a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
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carnify in CommonParlance
- definition become muscular or fleshy
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carnival in CommonParlance
- definition a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
- definition a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
- definition a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
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carnivore in CommonParlance
- definition a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
- definition any animal that feeds on flesh
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carnivorous in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or characteristic of carnivores
- definition (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
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carnivorous bat in CommonParlance
- definition typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution
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carnivorous plant in CommonParlance
- definition plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals
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carnivorousness in CommonParlance
- definition The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.
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carnosaur in CommonParlance
- definition large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws
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carnotite in CommonParlance
- definition a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium
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carob in CommonParlance
- definition long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
- definition evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
- definition powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
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carob bar in CommonParlance
- definition a bar of candy made with carob powder
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carob bean in CommonParlance
- definition long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
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carob bean tree in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
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carob powder in CommonParlance
- definition powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
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carob tree in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
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caroche in CommonParlance
- definition a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century
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carol in CommonParlance
- definition joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
- definition a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)
- definition sing carols
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caroler in CommonParlance
- definition a singer of carols
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caroling in CommonParlance
- definition singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas)
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caroller in CommonParlance
- definition a singer of carols