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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coal black in CommonParlance
- definition a very dark black
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coal car in CommonParlance
- definition freight car with fixed sides and no roof; for transporting coal
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coal chute in CommonParlance
- definition a chute for coal
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coal cutter in CommonParlance
- definition (mining) a machine for undercutting a coal seam.
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coal gas in CommonParlance
- definition gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting
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coal house in CommonParlance
- definition a shed for storing coal
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coal industry in CommonParlance
- definition the producers of coal considered collectively
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coal mine in CommonParlance
- definition a mine where coal is dug from the ground
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coal miner in CommonParlance
- definition someone who works in a coal mine
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coal miner's lung in CommonParlance
- definition lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
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coal oil in CommonParlance
- definition a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
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coal scuttle in CommonParlance
- definition container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
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coal seam in CommonParlance
- definition a seam of coal
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coal seller in CommonParlance
- definition someone who delivers coal
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coal shovel in CommonParlance
- definition a hand shovel for shoveling coal
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coal size in CommonParlance
- definition the commercial size of coal, as broken and sorted by the coal breaker.
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coal tar in CommonParlance
- definition a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds
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coal tongs in CommonParlance
- definition tongs for taking hold of burning coals
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coal-black in CommonParlance
- definition of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
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coal-burning in CommonParlance
- definition fueled by burning coal
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coal-fired in CommonParlance
- definition fueled by burning coal
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coal-tar creosote in CommonParlance
- definition a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood
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coalbin in CommonParlance
- definition a bin for holding coal
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coalesce in CommonParlance
- definition mix together different elements
- definition fuse or cause to grow together
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coalesced in CommonParlance
- definition joined together into a whole