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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clathrate in CommonParlance
- definition having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
- definition designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another
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clatter in CommonParlance
- definition a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
- definition make a rattling sound
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clattery in CommonParlance
- definition a rattling sound as of hard things striking together
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claudication in CommonParlance
- definition disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
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clausal in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or functioning as a clause
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clause in CommonParlance
- definition (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
- definition a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
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claustrophobe in CommonParlance
- definition a person suffering from claustrophobia
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claustrophobia in CommonParlance
- definition a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
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claustrophobic in CommonParlance
- definition uncomfortably closed or hemmed in
- definition suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places
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claustrum in CommonParlance
- definition a layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus
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claver in CommonParlance
- definition talk socially without exchanging too much information
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clavichord in CommonParlance
- definition an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
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clavicle in CommonParlance
- definition bone linking the scapula and sternum
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clavier in CommonParlance
- definition a bank of keys on a musical instrument
- definition a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
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clavus in CommonParlance
- definition a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
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claw in CommonParlance
- definition sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
- definition a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- definition a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
- definition a bird's foot
- definition move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging
- definition clutch as if in panic
- definition scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails
- definition attack as if with claws
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claw clip in CommonParlance
- definition a type of hair clip with interlocking teeth connected by a spring
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claw hammer in CommonParlance
- definition a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
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claw hatchet in CommonParlance
- definition a hatchet that has a cleft for pulling nails
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claw-shaped in CommonParlance
- definition shaped like a claw
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clawback in CommonParlance
- definition finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
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clawed in CommonParlance
- definition having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form
- definition (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons
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clawfoot in CommonParlance
- definition a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw
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clawhammer in CommonParlance
- definition a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
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clawlike in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a claw