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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chalcedony in CommonParlance
- definition a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
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chalcid in CommonParlance
- definition any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
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chalcid fly in CommonParlance
- definition any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
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chalcid wasp in CommonParlance
- definition any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
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chalcidfly in CommonParlance
- definition any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
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chalcis fly in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of chalcid fly
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chalcocite in CommonParlance
- definition a heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper
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chalcopyrite in CommonParlance
- definition a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide
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chaldron in CommonParlance
- definition a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels
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chalet in CommonParlance
- definition a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style
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chalice in CommonParlance
- definition a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
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chalice cloth in CommonParlance
- definition special linen which pertain to the Eucharist.
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chalice vine in CommonParlance
- definition Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
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chalk in CommonParlance
- definition a soft whitish calcite
- definition a pure flat white with little reflectance
- definition an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- definition a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces
- definition write, draw, or trace with chalk
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chalk dust in CommonParlance
- definition dust resulting from writing with a piece of chalk
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chalk line in CommonParlance
- definition a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface
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chalk out in CommonParlance
- definition make a sketch of
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chalk pit in CommonParlance
- definition a quarry for chalk
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chalk talk in CommonParlance
- definition a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk
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chalk up in CommonParlance
- definition accumulate, sometimes as a debt
- definition keep score, as in games
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chalkboard in CommonParlance
- definition sheet of slate; for writing with chalk
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chalkpit in CommonParlance
- definition a quarry for chalk
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chalkstone in CommonParlance
- definition a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout
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chalky in CommonParlance
- definition composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
- definition of something having the color of chalk
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challah in CommonParlance
- definition (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking