COMMUNAL


Meaning of COMMUNAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒmjʊn(ə)l, AM kəmju:n(ə)l ]

1.

Communal means relating to particular groups in a country or society.

Communal violence broke out in different parts of the country.

...inter-communal relations.

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

You use communal to describe something that is shared by a group of people.

The inmates ate in a communal dining room.

...communal ownership.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• com‧mu‧nal‧ly

Meals are taken communally in the dining room.

ADV : usu ADV after v

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