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communal Definition

com·mu·nal (kə myo̵̅o̅n′əl, käm′yə nəl)

adjective

  1. of a commune or communes
  2. of or belonging to the community; shared, or participated in, by all; public
  3. designating or of social or economic organization in which there is common ownership of property

Etymology: ME & OFr < LL communalis

communal Related Forms
com′·mu·nal′·i·ty (käm′yo̵̅o̅ nal′ə tē) noun com′·mu·nally adverb
communal Synonyms

communal

modif.

shared, public, mutual, collective; see common 5, cooperative 2.

communal Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • pool: The rear communal pool can be accessed via a gate in the rear garden wall.
  • cemetery: The communal cemetery over the road had a fascinating plaque on the wall.
  • lounge: Within the complex there is also a communal lounge.
  • garden: The property has the added bonus of communal gardens & private off road parking.
  • roost: More than 50 % of established breeding birds do not attend these communal roosts.
  • establishment: Present persons - all persons present on census night in private households or in communal establishments.

Modifying Another Word

  • also: Outside there are gardens to the front, side and rear and also communal parking.
  • pretty: Guests visiting the property are entitled to use of the pretty communal garden.
  • all: Work, production and ownership were all communal, and in these spheres what concerned all was discussed by all.
  • so: Even so communal feelings run high and there appears to be no prospect whatsoever of Moslems being able to return to their lawful vocations.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: And, yes, the French have also become less communal - perhaps more from pressure than predilection.
communal Quotes

It was an experiment, and I think a successful one, in communal living. It worked largely because Auden ran it; he was exceptionally adept at getting the necessary money out of us when it was due.

—Bowles, Paul Frederick

I hope we're such a communal society that we'll always insist on sharing an adventure in the dark with strangers, no matter what the platform hardware. That's my wish and dreamöthat we never give up the communal experience.It starteda long timeagowith cavepaintings and I hope it doesn't go away.

—Spielberg, Steven