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

This was the slogan hung outside a Harvard dorm room in 1965, marking the headquarters of the first computer matchmaking service in the US. —Tacita Quinn, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024

For two students sharing a dorm room over an eight-month academic year, that works out to more than $2,500 a month to rent one room. —Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024

One empty dorm room can cost a college tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue. —Scott White, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024

By a year or two in, about 50 students were coming to the dorm each evening to work the night shift. —Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 20 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

dorm

noun

ˈdȯ(ə)rm 

informal

: dormitory