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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chain up in CommonParlance
- definition tie up with chains
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chain wrench in CommonParlance
- definition another name for chain tongs
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chain-smoke in CommonParlance
- definition smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
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chain-smoker in CommonParlance
- definition a heavy smoker (usually of cigarettes) who lights one off of another
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chained in CommonParlance
- definition bound with chains
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chainlike in CommonParlance
- definition having a chainlike form
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chainlink fence in CommonParlance
- definition a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern
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chains in CommonParlance
- definition metal shackles; for hands or legs
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chainsaw in CommonParlance
- definition portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain
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chair in CommonParlance
- definition a seat for one person, with a support for the back
- definition the position of professor
- definition the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
- definition an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
- definition a particular seat in an orchestra
- definition act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
- definition preside over
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chair car in CommonParlance
- definition a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs
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chair lift in CommonParlance
- definition a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable
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chair of state in CommonParlance
- definition a ceremonial chair for an exalted or powerful person
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chairlift in CommonParlance
- definition a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable
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chairman in CommonParlance
- definition the male officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
- definition act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
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chairman of the board in CommonParlance
- definition the chairman of the board of directors of a corporation
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chairmanship in CommonParlance
- definition the position of chairman
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chairperson in CommonParlance
- definition the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
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chairwoman in CommonParlance
- definition the female officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
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chaise in CommonParlance
- definition a long chair; for reclining
- definition a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse
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chaise longue in CommonParlance
- definition a long chair; for reclining
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chaja in CommonParlance
- definition largest crested screamer; native to southern Brazil and Argentina
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chalaza in CommonParlance
- definition basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined
- definition one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell
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chalazion in CommonParlance
- definition a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked
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chalcanthite in CommonParlance
- definition hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate