dormitory
Meanings
Plural: dormitories
Noun
- a college or university building containing living quarters for students
- a large sleeping room containing several beds
- A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
- A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
- A dormitory town.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dormitorium and dorter.
Synonyms
dorm, dorm room, dormitorium, dormitory room, dorter, hall, residence hall, student residence
Scrabble Score: 15
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