DORMITORY


Meaning of DORMITORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɔ:(r)mɪtri, AM -tɔ:ri ]

( dormitories)

1.

A dormitory is a large bedroom where several people sleep, for example in a boarding school.

...the boys’ dormitory...

N-COUNT

2.

A dormitory is a building in a college or university where students live. ( AM; in BRIT, use hall of residence )

She lived in a college dormitory.

N-COUNT

3.

If you refer to a place as a dormitory suburb or town, you mean that most of the people who live there travel to work in another, larger town a short distance away. ( BRIT )

ADJ : ADJ n

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