used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
of, by, or belonging to the people of a community; shared or participated in by the public: communal land; Building the playground was a communal project.
pertaining to a commune or a community: communal life.
engaged in by or involving two or more communities: communal conflict.
Origin of communal
First recorded in 1805–15; from French, from Latin commūnālis, equivalent to commūn(e) “community, state” + -ālis adjective suffix; see commune2, -al1
You might catch baby rats mischievously battling to figure out how to fight, or Komodo dragons sticking their heads into buckets to learn about communal feeding.
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The large chains have introduced apps that turn your smartphone into a remote control to avoid touching communal buttons or screens.
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This same complex communal response helped fuel the riots in Kenosha last week.
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Food items for lunch and dinner are available from points on each floor at specified times and communal areas are cleaned every 15 minutes.
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So, first I’d have a talk with the renter and point out that – in a communal environment, especially in times of a public health crisis – everyone’s actions affect everyone else.
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The remote controlled flying craft has gone from covert military ops to a communal backyard hobby.
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It was about his art-making, but the communal life was based on erotic liberation.
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Contestants, huddled on the couches of a communal room, clutched their faces in shock and some broke into sobs.
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Winters uses that cataclysmic event to examine the slow deterioration of communal life in the face of annihilation.
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More despicably, mothers often bear the brunt of the communal stigma.