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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cast-iron plant in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
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cast-off in CommonParlance
- definition thrown away
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castanets in CommonParlance
- definition (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
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castaway in CommonParlance
- definition a person who is rejected (from society or home)
- definition a shipwrecked person
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caste in CommonParlance
- definition social status or position conferred by a system based on class
- definition (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
- definition a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
- definition in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
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caste system in CommonParlance
- definition a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
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casteless in CommonParlance
- definition not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society
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castellated in CommonParlance
- definition having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
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caster in CommonParlance
- definition a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
- definition a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
- definition a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
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caster sugar in CommonParlance
- definition very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor
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castigate in CommonParlance
- definition censure severely
- definition inflict severe punishment on
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castigation in CommonParlance
- definition a severe scolding
- definition verbal punishment
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castile soap in CommonParlance
- definition a good hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
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casting in CommonParlance
- definition object formed by a mold
- definition the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- definition the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- definition the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
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casting lots in CommonParlance
- definition making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn
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casting vote in CommonParlance
- definition the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie
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castle in CommonParlance
- definition a large and stately mansion
- definition a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- definition (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- definition interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
- definition move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
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castle in Spain in CommonParlance
- definition absentminded dreaming while awake
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castle in the air in CommonParlance
- definition absentminded dreaming while awake
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castled in CommonParlance
- definition having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
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castling in CommonParlance
- definition interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
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castling long in CommonParlance
- definition castling on the queenside.
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castling short in CommonParlance
- definition Castling on the kingside.
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castor in CommonParlance
- definition a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
- definition a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
- definition a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
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castor bean in CommonParlance
- definition the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil