Definition of dormitory
dormitories
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 of dormitory from the Web
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That’s more characteristic of student dormitories than the homes of up to three bedrooms Boise’s code anticipates.
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Victims of a 1914 dormitory fire at the reform school would be reburied at the Boot Hill cemetery on the Dozier property.
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The time difference between Furman’s campus in Greenville, S.C., and Jeonju, South Korea, where the United States match was played, necessitated an early-morning alarm to allow Dempsey to watch the game live in his dormitory.
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But the resulting coverage and photographs, some of which showed workers on assembly lines and living in dark dormitory buildings, apparently did not please the company’s management.
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Camp Barrett in Alpine also needs major repairs to its offices, classrooms and dormitories, according to the report.
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The five are accused of escaping their assigned dormitory at the facility on May 17, according Beth Touchet-Morgan, executive management advisor for the state Office of Juvenile Justice, which operates the detention center.
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University of Oregon officials have settled on a new name for a dormitory formerly named after a Ku Klux Klan leader.
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EUGENE — University of Oregon officials have settled on a new name for a dormitory formerly named after a Ku Klux Klan leader.
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Origin and Etymology of dormitory
Middle English, from Latin dormitorium, from dormire
First Known Use: 15th century
DORMITORY Defined for English Language Learners
dormitory
playDefinition of dormitory for English Language Learners
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: a building on a school campus that has rooms where students can live
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: a large room with many beds where people can sleep
DORMITORY Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of dormitory for Students
dormitories
1 : a building at a school with rooms where students live a college dormitory
2 : a large room for several people to sleep
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