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1dormitory — dor‧mi‧to‧ry [ˈdɔːmtri ǁ ˈdɔːrmtɔːri] noun dormitories PLURALFORM [countable] PROPERTY an area just outside a large town where many of the people working in the town live: • The development could reduce it to just another dormitory for Bristol …
2Dormitory — Dor mi*to*ry, n.; pl. {Dormitories}. [L. dormitorium, fr. dormitorius of or for sleeping, fr. dormire to sleep. See {Dormant}.] 1. A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing… …
3dormitory — index dwelling, home (domicile), lodging Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4dormitory — mid 15c., from L. dormitorium sleeping place, from dormire to sleep (see DORMANT (Cf. dormant)) …
5dormitory — [n] living quarters bedroom, dorm, dorm room, sleeping quarters; concept 448 …
6dormitory — ► NOUN (pl. dormitories) 1) a bedroom for a number of people in an institution. 2) (before another noun ) denoting a small town or suburb from which people travel to work in a nearby city. ORIGIN Latin dormitorium, from dormire to sleep …
7dormitory — [dôr′mə tôr΄ē] n. pl. dormitories [ME dormitorie < L dormitorium, place for sleeping < dormitorius, of or for sleeping < pp. of dormire: see DORMANT] 1. a room, building, or part of a building with sleeping accommodations for a number of …
8Dormitory — A typical American university and college dormitory room A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for… …
9dormitory — [[t]dɔ͟ː(r)mɪtri, AM tɔːri[/t]] dormitories 1) N COUNT A dormitory is a large bedroom where several people sleep, for example in a boarding school. ...the boys dormitory... The latest refugees were housed in makeshift dormitories. 2) N COUNT A… …
10dormitory — noun Dormitory is used before these nouns: ↑building, ↑town Dormitory is used after these nouns: ↑college, ↑student …
