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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chinch bug in CommonParlance
- definition small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses
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chincherinchee in CommonParlance
- definition South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers
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chinchilla in CommonParlance
- definition the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla
- definition a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton
- definition small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
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chinchilla rat in CommonParlance
- definition ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes
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chinchillon in CommonParlance
- definition gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
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chinchona in CommonParlance
- definition any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
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chinchy in CommonParlance
- definition embarrassingly stingy
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chine in CommonParlance
- definition cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
- definition backbone of an animal
- definition cut through the backbone of an animal
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chinese mustard in CommonParlance
- definition Asiatic mustard used as a potherb
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chink in CommonParlance
- definition (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
- definition a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
- definition a short light metallic sound
- definition make or emit a high sound
- definition fill the chinks of, as with caulking
- definition make cracks or chinks in
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chinkapin in CommonParlance
- definition small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
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chinkapin oak in CommonParlance
- definition medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood
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chinked in CommonParlance
- definition having narrow opening filled
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chinless in CommonParlance
- definition having a receding chin
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chinning bar in CommonParlance
- definition a horizontal bar on which you can chin yourself
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chino in CommonParlance
- definition a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms
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chinoiserie in CommonParlance
- definition a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned
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chinook in CommonParlance
- definition a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
- definition pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
- definition large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
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chinook salmon in CommonParlance
- definition pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
- definition large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
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chinook wind in CommonParlance
- definition a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
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chinos in CommonParlance
- definition (plural) trousers made with chino cloth
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chinquapin in CommonParlance
- definition shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States
- definition shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
- definition small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
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chinquapin oak in CommonParlance
- definition medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood
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chintz in CommonParlance
- definition a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric
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chintzily in CommonParlance
- definition in a stingy manner