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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carpet sweeper in CommonParlance
- definition a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet
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carpet tack in CommonParlance
- definition a tack used to nail down carpets
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carpet-weaving in CommonParlance
- definition creating carpets, both machine-made and hand-woven.
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carpetbag in CommonParlance
- definition following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers
- definition presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
- definition traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
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carpetbagger in CommonParlance
- definition an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
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carpetbagging in CommonParlance
- definition presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
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carpeted in CommonParlance
- definition covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination
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carpeting in CommonParlance
- definition floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
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carpetweed in CommonParlance
- definition annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America
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carping in CommonParlance
- definition persistent petty and unjustified criticism
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carpophagous in CommonParlance
- definition feeding on fruit
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carpophore in CommonParlance
- definition a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel
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carport in CommonParlance
- definition garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles
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carpospore in CommonParlance
- definition a nonmotile spore of red algae
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carposporic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or resembling a carpospore
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carposporous in CommonParlance
- definition having carpospores
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carpus in CommonParlance
- definition a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
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carrack in CommonParlance
- definition a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
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carrageen in CommonParlance
- definition dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
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carrageenan in CommonParlance
- definition a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae
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carrageenin in CommonParlance
- definition a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae
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carragheen in CommonParlance
- definition dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
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carrefour in CommonParlance
- definition a junction where one street or road crosses another
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carrel in CommonParlance
- definition small individual study area in a library
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carrell in CommonParlance
- definition small individual study area in a library