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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cockspur in CommonParlance
- definition widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass
- definition small spiny West Indian tree
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cockspur hawthorn in CommonParlance
- definition eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns
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cockspur thorn in CommonParlance
- definition eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns
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cocksucker in CommonParlance
- definition a person who performs fellatio
- definition insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
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cocksure in CommonParlance
- definition marked by excessive confidence
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cocksureness in CommonParlance
- definition total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
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cocktail in CommonParlance
- definition a short mixed drink
- definition an appetizer served as a first course at a meal
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cocktail dress in CommonParlance
- definition a dress suitable for formal occasions
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cocktail lounge in CommonParlance
- definition a barroom in a hotel or restaurant where cocktails are served
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cocktail party in CommonParlance
- definition an afternoon party at which cocktails are served
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cocktail sauce in CommonParlance
- definition usually catsup with horseradish and lemon juice
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cocktail shaker in CommonParlance
- definition a shaker for mixing cocktails
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cocktail table in CommonParlance
- definition low table where magazines can be placed and coffee or cocktails are served
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cockup in CommonParlance
- definition something badly botched or muddled
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cocky in CommonParlance
- definition overly self-confident or self-assertive
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cocky-leeky in CommonParlance
- definition soup made from chicken boiled with leeks
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coco in CommonParlance
- definition tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
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coco de macao in CommonParlance
- definition tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
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coco palm in CommonParlance
- definition tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
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coco plum in CommonParlance
- definition small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
- definition plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American
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coco plum tree in CommonParlance
- definition small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
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cocoa in CommonParlance
- definition a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
- definition powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
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cocoa bean in CommonParlance
- definition seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate
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cocoa butter in CommonParlance
- definition a yellow-white fat from cocoa beans
- definition the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate
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cocoa palm in CommonParlance
- definition tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics