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

Their one-night stand at his college dorm veers, throughout the years, into the unexpected twists and turns of an authentically modern love story. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026

Some of us sat on benches in the center of the dorm, watching ESPN highlights of Houston Texan games; others watched ABC News on another TV, where an ICE agent gunned down a white woman in her SUV. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

The defensive backs bonded on the field before and during practices and while playing card games in their dorm rooms during camp. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The bunkhouses had been closed since early 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent infrastructure projects, with one men’s dorm and one women’s dorm scheduled to reopen September 1. — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 3 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