dormitory

noun

dor·mi·to·ry | \ˈdȯr-mə-ˌtȯr-ē

plural dormitories

Definition of dormitory

1 : a room for sleeping especially : a large room containing numerous beds

2 : a residence hall providing rooms for individuals or for groups usually without private baths

3 chiefly British : a residential community inhabited chiefly by commuters

Examples of dormitory in a Sentence

Guests at the camp can stay in private cabins or for a smaller fee in the dormitories.

Recent Examples on the Web

Another group played soccer, shouting and laughing in a grass courtyard between dormitories. — Ben Fox, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Rubio, journalists tour center for migrant children in Homestead," 22 June 2018 Another group played soccer, shouting and laughing in a grass courtyard between dormitories. — CBS News, "CBS News gains access to Homestead, Florida, detention center," 22 June 2018 Adelphi University, the most recent institution to express interest in dormitory space, backed out. — Allegra Hobbs, New York Times, "Gentrification’s Empty Victory," 1 June 2018 In 1887, Albert Michelson and Edward Morley set up their project in the dormitory basement at a university in Cleveland, Ohio. — Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, "The Eternal Quest for Aether, the Cosmic Stuff That Never Was," 19 Oct. 2018 On a recent evening, deer grazed near a roadway as students hurried to class and played basketball outside a dormitory. — Rick Rojas, New York Times, "2 Student Murders Have Binghamton University on Edge," 22 Apr. 2018 The scientists live in dormitory-style rooms with small bunks, and work in a room that looks like a high computing facility with rack upon rack of computers and cables. — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Blazing a trail: UW professor's dream leads to breakthrough in identifying origin of cosmic rays," 12 July 2018 Tent cabins and meals: The lottery to reserve a spot in the dormitory-style tent cabins at the five High Sierra camps is closed for this year and will open Aug. 1 for summer 2019. — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, "Yosemite backpacking with kids is worth a few tears," 26 Apr. 2018 The new men's basketball dormitory, funded by a group spearheaded by Craft, is named the Wildcat Coal Lodge. — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, "Report: Coal exec Joe Craft, big UK donor, is 'cozy' to Scott Pruitt," 2 June 2018

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