dorm

noun

ˈdȯrm 

plural dorms

informal

: dormitory

In Norway, Tonya and Kerrigan were housed in the same dorm on the campus of the Toneheim Music School.

—Randall Sullivan

… writing about differences between coed dorms and single-sex dorms.

—Karen Frantz

The pigeons descend on her, fluttering noisily as she makes her way to a bench outside my freshman dorm.

—Julie Zickefoose

Examples of dorm in a Sentence

We all lived in the same dorm during our sophomore year.

Recent Examples on the Web

Easy breakfast ideas for busy mornings Getting something in your stomach before an early class is rough after a late night, so quick breakfast options are the backbone of eating well in a dorm. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Student residents of the Mesa Court dorm received an email Sunday announcing a dorm resident’s death, according to a copy of the email a student shared with The Times. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

For each TikTok, Moore animated Janie by feeding the still dorm room image into AI video model MiniMax H3. — Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Twenty years ago, as a Philadelphia Eagles training camp intern, Brett Veach zealously carried out such duties as setting up dorm beds, laminating practice scripts and carting coaches to and from fields. — Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dorm

• corm
• form
• forme
• norm
• storm
• swarm
• warm
• brainstorm
• conform
• deform
• firestorm
• hailstorm

Kids Definition

dorm

noun

ˈdȯ(ə)rm 

informal

: dormitory