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

That includes checking a student's phone records and social media posts, going door to door at the student's dorm and questioning school staff and emergency contacts. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

In May, an 18-year-old freshman reported she was raped and strangled after meeting a man at a fraternity party before returning to her dorm at Tropicana Gardens in Isla Vista. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

The image of hoodie-wearing college students launching billion-dollar businesses from their dorm rooms has become an entrepreneurship cliché. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

The thermostat shows temperatures hit 94 degrees in the dorm in March. — Tierra Stone, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 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