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Noun

1. 1
   A communal housing structure built as part of an architectural and social movement in the Soviet Union in the 1920–1930s.

   "The newly constructed house-communes were, in fact, modest in their communal arrangements."

Example

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"The newly constructed house-communes were, in fact, modest in their communal arrangements."

Etymology

Calque of Russian дом-коммуна (dom-kommuna, “house-commune”)

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