communal

4 definitions • 5 examples

belonging to or used by a group of people rather than one single person:

communal facilities/food/property

We each have a separate bedroom but share a communal kitchen.

A communal society is one in which everyone lives and works together and property and possessions are shared rather than being owned by a particular person.

involving different social or religious groups within a community:

Communal riots/disturbances have once again broken out between the two ethnic groups.

communal harmony/solidarity

belonging to or used by all members of a group:

The neighborhood council organized voluntary communal patrols.