dormitory

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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

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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 Three people were killed and 12 injured after Russians launched missiles at a local school, a college dormitory and private homes in Novgorod-Siversky, a city in the northern region of Chernihiv, Ukrainian military officials said Thursday. — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022 The Whitney Hotel Boston, a former nurses’ dormitory, is another of my favorite boutique hotels. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2022 Zelenskyy said the attack destroyed a dormitory and killed a 14-year-old boy. — Cara Anna And Inna Varenytsia, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2022 Zelenskyy said the attack destroyed a dormitory and killed a 14-year-old boy. — Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2022 An incident seemingly not dissimilar happened just a few days later when a drone carrying an aerial bomb flew from Ukraine to Croatia and crashed near a student dormitory. — Grayson Quay, The Week, 27 Apr. 2022 In a March 10 incident, a large, explosives-laden drone launched from Ukraine lost contact with its operator, flew over two North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries and crashed in Zagreb, Croatia, next to a student dormitory. — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022 The jury finds Virginia Tech failed to notify students early enough following the discovery of two shooting victims at West Ambler Johnston dormitory. — CNN, 31 Mar. 2022 In addition, the university stripped the name of one of its prominent 20th-century trustees, Douglas Southall Freeman, from a dormitory now known as Residence Hall No. 3. — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022 See More

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