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commons
[kom-uhn] 
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commons
[kom-uhn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dining hall |
| Synonyms: | canteen, mess hall |
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food served at meals |
| Synonyms: | commons, diet, eatables, eats, edibles, meals, menu, provision, rations, slop, sustenance, swill, table, victuals |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
| Main Entry: | gender |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grammatical rules applying to nouns that connote sex or animateness |
| Synonyms: | common, feminine, gender-specific, masculine, neuter |
| Main Entry: | green |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | square or park in center of town |
| Synonyms: | common, field, grass, grassplot, lawn, plaza, sward, terrace, turf |
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws |
| Synonyms: | commons, congress, council, legislative body, legislature, parliament |
| Main Entry: | plaza |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | central location, spot |
| Synonyms: | common, court, green, park, square, village green |
| Main Entry: | square |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | municipal park |
| Synonyms: | area, center, circle, common, green, plaza, space, village green |
| Main Entry: | commonality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common people |
| Synonyms: | common, commonalty, commoner, hoi polloi, pleb, plebeian, populace, public, the masses, third estate |
| Main Entry: | commonalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common people |
| Synonyms: | common, commonality, commoner, hoi polloi, pleb, plebeian, populace, public, the masses, third estate |
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