dormitory
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mɪˌtɔr noun, plural dor·mi·to·ries.
1.
a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
2.
a room containing a number of beds and serving as communal sleeping quarters, as in an institution, fraternity house, or passenger ship.
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| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | a large room, esp at a school or institution, containing several beds |
| 2. | (US) a building, esp at a college or camp, providing living and sleeping accommodation |
| 3. | (Brit) (modifier) denoting or relating to an area from which most of the residents commute to work (esp in the phrase dormitory suburb) |
| [C15: from Latin dormītōrium, from dormīre to sleep] | |
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Dormitory
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
dormitory
mid-15c., from L. dormitorium, from dormire "to sleep" (see dormant).
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Example sentences
They live in the factory's dormitory, and survive on food deliveries brought in by boat.
Occupied dormitory rooms require that the old furniture be removed and new replaced in the same day.
The floors of the long dormitory hallways are often used for writing banners.
His punishments included having to jump rope repeatedly and scrub the dormitory floors.
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