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common-or-garden

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

ordinary, standard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, not-comparable

Examples

  • It's just a common-or-garden fridge but it works fine.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: customary, mundane, typical, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden, common-or-garden, congruent, consistent, conventional, everyday, expected, garden variety, improminent, natural, normal, ordinary, par for the course, par, plain, plain vanilla, quotidian, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, standard issue, unexceptional, unremarkable, unstrange, usual, vulgar, wakeaday, workaday

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

An extension of the practice of naming domestic – and therefore non-exotic – plants as common or garden, such as common lavender/garden lavender (Lavandula angustifolia).