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# communal

«communal» in Mova's school dictionary: **Shared by all the people in a group or building (a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (communal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Shared by all the people in a group or building (a communal kitchen, communal garden). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communal/#m1)

2) Done by or involving a group of people together (communal singing, a communal meal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communal/#m2)

3) To do with different communities, sometimes groups who disagree (communal violence). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communal/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life flats may have a communal garden or laundry; school trips may have communal showers and dormitories. In church life a communal meal brings people together. In history and news, «communal» can describe tensions between communities. It tells the reader something is shared or done together.

### examples

- Our block of flats has a communal garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communal/#x1)
- At camp we ate in a communal dining hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communal/#x2)
- The communal fridge at work is always full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communal/#x3)
- The village had a communal well in the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communal/#x4)
- Communal singing filled the church at Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communal/#x5)
- Please keep the communal areas tidy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communal/#x6)

### note

Adjective only. Say «KOM-yoo-nul» (UK) or «kuh-MYOO-nul» (US). Comes from «common» and «community». It does not mean «communist».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «communal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/communal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.