DORMITORY


Meaning of DORMITORY in English

ˈdȯ(r)məˌtōrē, -tȯr-, -ri noun

( -es )

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Latin dormitorium, from dormitus + -orium -ory

1. : a room intended primarily to be slept in ; especially : a large room providing sleeping quarters for many persons and sometimes divided into cubicles

2. : a residence hall providing separate rooms or suites for individuals or for groups of two, three, or four with common toilet and bathroom facilities but usually without housekeeping facilities

most of the students of the college live in dormitories

reading in the dormitory of the fire station

— called also hostel

3. archaic : a retreat for taking rest

4. obsolete : a place for repose of the dead

5. : a residential community consisting of homes for sleeping and personal activities from which the majority of the working population commute to places of employment, trade, and recreation

brings the millions from their dormitory suburbs to their benches and desks and takes them home again at night — Sam Pollock

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