common household

collocation in English

meaningsofcommonandhousehold

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common
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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household
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈhaʊs.həʊld/us
/ˈhaʊs.hoʊld/
a group of people, often a family, who ...
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(Definition ofcommonandhouseholdfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the payment card, amounts could be compared to differentcommonhouseholdconsumer items of the same value.
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These actions show that children are beginning to comprehend the functional or conventional meanings ofcommonhouseholdobjects and toys.
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The two mostcommonhouseholdpatterns were living with parents or living alone.
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The first consisted of cohabitation and acommonhouseholdeconomy between the generations.
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The authors point out that this was not just helping the parents but involved participation in acommonhousehold, as everybody received a share of the produce.
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Third, primary and secondary burials both containcommonhouseholditems.
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Substances misused are many and varied and usually includecommonhouseholditems such as glues, aerosol sprays, nail varnish remover, and lighter fuel.
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Of course, manycommonhouseholdgoods which all sections of the people have to buy, are taxed, though at the lower rate.
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Substances that can be sniffed for one sort of kick or another are found in a wide variety ofcommonhouseholdgoods.
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One could say that these figures could equally well have been expressed as a figure of £350 per head and £385 for thecommonhouseholdelement.
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This recognises the contribution which each cohabitant may make to thecommonhousehold, while preserving the distinction between the respective claims of married and unmarried partners.
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They were a morecommonhouseholdkitchen item until bread started being made commercially with food preservatives and wrapped in plastic.
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It contains advice about how to undertake 14commonhouseholdtasks each written in the style of a famous author from history.
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At a time when computers were available but not yet acommonhouseholdgood, public access to computers emerged as a solution.
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Commonhouseholduses are washing machines, food blenders and window-winders.
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Water is then pushed into a conventional pressure tank to createcommonhouseholdwater pressure.
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Mostcommonhouseholdmirrors are back-silvered, since this protects the fragile reflective layer from corrosion, scratches, and other damage.
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In areas where a good bond is not achieved, the glue can be reheated with acommonhouseholdiron, and reactivated.
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Commonhouseholdtower fans are also cross-flow fans.
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Most are primarily diurnal (though some, including thecommonhouseholdpet, do exhibit crepuscular behavior), and almost all are omnivorous.
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