Usually means: Names general items, not specific.
Definitions Related words Mentions
We found 22 dictionaries that define the word common noun:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. common noun: Merriam-Webster
  2. common noun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. common noun: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. common noun: Collins English Dictionary
  5. common noun: Vocabulary.com
  6. common noun: Wordnik
  7. common noun: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. common noun: Wiktionary
  9. common noun: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. common noun: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Common noun, common noun: Dictionary.com
  12. Common noun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. common noun: Rhymezone
  14. common noun: MyWord.info
  15. common noun: FreeDictionary.org
  16. common noun: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. common noun: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. common noun: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. common noun: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (common noun)

noun:  A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.

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