dormitory
10
3.0
- noun
- /ˈdɔːrmɪtɔːri/
:
dormitorio
- The students quickly settled into their new dormitory at the university.
- dormitory room
- build a dormitory
- school dormitory
Examples
-
The dormitory matron brought her a uniform to put on before she went to class.
Fiction book (1990) -
I look after this dormitory and I teach art.
-
Boys' dormitory is upstairs to the left.
-
But on her way, she changed her mind and ran back to the dormitory.
Fiction book (2000) -
These were the schoolgirls in the dormitory that night.
-
By then, the weather had turned warm and the dormitory door was propped open to let in fresh air.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Go back to the dormitory and take these clothes off," the teacher told Nola.
Fiction book (1990) -
They lived in private homes, not in a communal dormitory, in houses that were situated all around the cathedral.
-
One separate wing of St. Paul's, an old dormitory, was no longer used and was boarded up.
Fiction book (2002) -
Jacinta was assigned, along with a few other underclassmen, to escort the new arrivals to their dormitories.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
209
1.8
A building where college or university students live while they study
156
1.0
A university building where students live
47
1.6
A bedroom in a building where students live, often shared with others
34
2.1
A cheap place for travelers or students to sleep, often with shared rooms and facilities
7
2.8
A building on a college campus where students live
1
2.2
A large sleeping room in a school or other place shared by several people
1
1.0
A room for sleeping
1
3.4
A place for sleeping, often in a hotel or train
A building where university students live during term time
A building on a college or university campus where students live
Compounds
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dormitory comes from the Latin word dormire, which means 'to sleep', and it originally named a place for sleeping. You can see the same root in dormant ('sleeping') and the short word dorm, so a dormitory is a large room where many people sleep.