dormitory town
1dormitory town — UK US noun [countable] [singular dormitory town plural dormitory towns] a place from which many people travel to a city to work Thesaurus: towns, cities and villageshyponym * * * …
2dormitory town — UK US noun [C] UK (US bedroom community) ► a place where many people who work in a bigger town or city live: »Originally a dormitory town for Liverpool merchants, its popularity increased as part of the fashionable seaside resort of New Brighton …
3dormitory town — dormitory .town n BrE a town that is near a city with more work opportunities, so that many people who live there travel to work in the city every day American Equivalent: bedroom community/suburb …
4dormitory town — dormitory ,town noun count a place from which many people travel to a city to work …
5dormitory town — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms dormitory town : singular dormitory town plural dormitory towns British a place from which many people travel to a city to work …
6dormitory — n. (pl. ies) 1 a sleeping room with several beds, esp. in a school or institution. 2 (in full dormitory town etc.) a small town or suburb from which people travel to work in a city etc. 3 US a university or college hall of residence or hostel.… …
7dormitory — 1 noun (C) 1 a large room in a boarding school or hostel for several people to sleep in 2 AmE a large building in a college or university where students live; hall of residence BrE 2 adjective (only before noun) especially BrE a dormitory town is …
8dormitory — 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 …
9dormitory — ► 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 …
10dormitory — [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 …
