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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chiasmus in CommonParlance
- definition inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
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chic in CommonParlance
- definition elegant and stylish
- definition elegance by virtue of being fashionable
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chicane in CommonParlance
- definition a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- definition a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- definition the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- definition defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- definition raise trivial objections
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chicanery in CommonParlance
- definition the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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chicha in CommonParlance
- definition an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
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chichi in CommonParlance
- definition affectedly trendy and fashionable
- definition someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way
- definition elegance by virtue of being fashionable
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chichipe in CommonParlance
- definition tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit
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chick in CommonParlance
- definition young bird especially of domestic fowl
- definition informal terms for a (young) woman
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chick sexer in CommonParlance
- definition a trained person hired to determine the sex of chicken and other hatchlings.
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chickadee in CommonParlance
- definition any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America
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chickasaw plum in CommonParlance
- definition small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
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chicken in CommonParlance
- definition easily frightened
- definition the flesh of a chicken used for food
- definition a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
- definition a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- definition a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
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chicken Kiev in CommonParlance
- definition pounded chicken cutlets rolled around butter (that has been seasoned with herbs) and then covered with crumbs and fried
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chicken Marengo in CommonParlance
- definition braised chicken with onions and mushrooms in a wine and tomato sauce
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chicken Tetrazzini in CommonParlance
- definition chicken prepared in a cream sauce with mushrooms and served over pasta; usually topped with cheese
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chicken and rice in CommonParlance
- definition rice and chicken cooked together with or without other ingredients and variously seasoned
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chicken breast in CommonParlance
- definition abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets
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chicken broth in CommonParlance
- definition a stock made with chicken
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chicken cacciatora in CommonParlance
- definition chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style
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chicken cacciatore in CommonParlance
- definition chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style
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chicken casserole in CommonParlance
- definition chicken cooked and served in a casserole
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chicken coop in CommonParlance
- definition a farm building for housing poultry
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chicken cordon bleu in CommonParlance
- definition thin slices of chicken stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed
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chicken drumstick in CommonParlance
- definition the lower joint of the leg of a chicken
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chicken farm in CommonParlance
- definition farm where chickens are raised for sale