commons

Noun

• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
• a pasture subject to common use
• a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
• the common people
• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
• plural of common
• A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared spaced elsewhere.
• A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
• The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
• The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy
• The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
• An outhouse.
• Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels.
• Food in general; rations.

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of common

Examples

• "The tragedy of the commons" is that none wish to make sacrifices of their or their family's interests for the common good.
• short commons
• The commons is the green space surrounded by the village hall, the school, and the church.
• The commons of New England towns are important contributors to their charm.
• The Renaissance festival started with the "peasants" meeting in the commons.

Synonyms

common, common land, commonality, commonalty, green, park, third estate, Cousin John, House of Commons, backhouse, backside, bog, boggard, boghouse, carsey, chamber foreign, common house, commons, craphouse, danna, draught, draught-house, dunnekin, dunny, earth closet, foreign, gang, gingerbread office, gong, gonghouse, house of ease, house of easement, house of office, issue, jacques, jakes, jakeshouse, johnny house, karzy, khazi, kocay, little house, long drop, longhouse, necessary, necessary house, necessary place, necessary vault, neddy, netty, outhouse, passage house, petty, petty-house, privy, privy house, purging place, res communis, retreat, shield, shithouse, shouse, siege, siegehouse, thunderbox, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, withdraught

Related Words

common, commoner