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COMMUNAL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does communal mean?

• COMMUNAL (adjective)
The adjective COMMUNAL has 2 senses:

1. for or by a group rather than individuals
2. relating to a small administrative district or community

Familiarity information: COMMUNAL used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COMMUNAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

For or by a group rather than individuals

Context examples:

dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew / a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared / a group effort

Similar:

common (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Relating to a small administrative district or community

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

communal elections in several European countries

Pertainym:

commune (the smallest administrative district of several European countries)

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