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
Randall Sullivan… writing about differences between coed dorms and single-sex dorms.—Karen Frantz
Karen FrantzThe pigeons descend on her, fluttering noisily as she makes her way to a bench outside my freshman dorm.—Julie Zickefoose
Julie ZickefooseExamples of dorm in a Sentence
We all lived in the same dorm during our sophomore year.
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Freshman year in front of my dorm at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, 1998.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
She was expelled, along with her roommate, after her roommate’s boyfriend was found in their dorm room.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 10 May 2024
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Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
She was expelled, along with her roommate, after her roommate’s boyfriend was found in their dorm room.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 10 May 2024
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“Dorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dorm. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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