dormitory
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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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The campus will provide 820 dormitory beds for undergraduates to complete internships in the Boston area. — Laura Krantz, BostonGlobe.com, "UMass details plans for Mount Ida property," 26 Apr. 2018 Milton’s doing a real-life experiment using dormitory roommates. — Maggie Fox, NBC News, "Influenza might be spread simply by breathing, study finds," 19 Jan. 2018 In Conway, powerful winds damaged several buildings at the University of Central Arkansas on Friday, including the roof of a freshman dormitory that was evacuated. — Steve Karnowski, chicagotribune.com, "Spring storm blasts central U.S. with snow, ice and wind; 2 dead," 14 Apr. 2018 That puts people in the same dormitory or on the same sports team at the greatest risk for the contagious illness. — Elana Glowatz, Newsweek, "Mumps Signs and Symptoms: Tens of Thousands of Cheerleaders Exposed to Virus During National Competition," 8 Mar. 2018 So far 97 of the cases have been at Horeb Youth Centre, a dormitory that housed many local security staff members; 11 were in Pyeongchang; 20 were in Gangneung. — Andrew Keh, New York Times, "Norovirus Spreads at Olympics: Now 128 Confirmed Cases," 8 Feb. 2018 Housing developments have outpaced infrastructure, leading to dormitory suburbs, whose residents commute daily but enjoy few services, amenities, and transport links. — Michael Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, "Won't you be my neighbor: Melbourne experiments with community-led housing," 11 July 2018 But in this hypothetical scenario, which might have played out in thousands of darkened bedrooms and dormitories down the years, all the men can do is wait for the symptoms to pass. — Veronique Greenwood, Scientific American, "How Gene Expression Runs on a Clock--And What It Means for Medical Treatments," 19 June 2018 Nine dormitories sit in one district, six in another. — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, "Divided over partisan election maps, Supreme Court could learn a lesson from divided college campus," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dormitory.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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dormitory
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English Language Learners Definition of dormitory
: a building on a school campus that has rooms where students can live
: a large room with many beds where people can sleep
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Kids Definition of dormitory
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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