Meaning & use
dormitory
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A large room or building providing sleeping quarters for numerous people, especially students at a school or college.
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Freshmen are required to live in a dormitory during their first year.
The old dormitory had rows of narrow beds along each wall.
A note on using this word
In British English, "dormitory" can also describe a commuter town whose residents mostly work elsewhere, as in "dormitory suburb."
Words with a similar meaning
dormhall of residence
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