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

Now Lives As a freshman at Columbia University, Mr. Geick lives in an on-campus dormitory. — New York Times, "A College Wrestler Who Is Out and Writes Poetry," 27 Feb. 2018 In places such as Bihar’s Patna University even dormitories are organized along caste lines—not by the administration, but by students themselves. — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, "India’s Ethnic Quotas Are a Cautionary Tale," 24 Jan. 2019 The school’s financial model counted on tuition increases between 3.6 to 6.1 percent per year and also an $85 million sale of dormitories to a third-party student housing manager that would lease them back to the school. — Laura Krantz, BostonGlobe.com, "Mount Ida’s struggles included deficit, low graduation rate," 2 May 2018 In 1986, by which time the Charlesgate has become a college dormitory, journalism student Tommy Donnelly researches a multipart history of the building for the school paper. — Tom Nolan, WSJ, "Mysteries: Taking a Journey Into the Past," 13 Sep. 2018 In 1966, the city of Chicago awoke to the shocking news that eight student nurses had been brutally slain during the night in a South Side dormitory. — BostonGlobe.com, "This day in history," 14 July 2018 When classes finish, students meander in groups to their dormitories to change from their plaid skirts and teal T-shirts into colorful sundresses. — Sarah Butrymowicz, Marie Claire, "Refugee Girls Want to Change the World. Will We Let Them?," 7 Jan. 2019 One notice called for an orphanage in Moyu county with four four-story dormitories, coming to 22,776 square meters in size — nearly as big as four football fields. — Yanan Wang And Dake Kang, Fox News, "China distances children from families to subdue Muslim west," 20 Sep. 2018 Harborview Hall, an old dormitory for nurses, is owned by the county and has been vacant for close to a decade. — Asia Fields, The Seattle Times, "Two years later, homeless shelter in Seattle’s Harborview Hall expected to open in fall," 30 July 2018

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