dormitory

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dor·mi·to·ry /ˈdɔːmətəri $ ˈdɔːrmətɔːri/ noun (plural dormitories) [countableC]

1. SES especially British EnglishBrE a large room for several people to sleep in, for example in a boarding school or hostel 〔寄宿学校、招待所等供多人住宿的〕寝室

2. American EnglishAmESEC a large building at a college or university where students live 〔大学里的〕学生宿舍楼 SYN British English hall of residence

Examples from the Corpus

dormitory• The ballroom became a dormitory and two thousand servicemen passed through.• Like most of the rest of the south east, it's now a satellite commuter dormitory of London.• Female students under twenty-one were required to live in dormitories or approved residences.• I met Joe downstairs in my dormitory a half hour before we were due at the courthouse.• My dormitory leader presses me to answer.• The second riot began just after 6 p.m. at a medium security dormitory.• Their sordid dormitory was attacked by hooligans.• Do you think you could go upstairs and be with the boys in the dormitory?• The dormitory is new; it has barely been completed in time for the beginning of the semester.

From Longman Business Dictionary

dormitorydor·mi·to·ry /ˈdɔːmətəriˈdɔːrmətɔːri/ noun (plural dormitories) [countableC]

British EnglishBrEPROPERTY an area just outside a large town where many of the people working in the town live

The development could reduce it to just another dormitory for Bristol.

adormitory suburb of Lyons

Origin dormitory

(1400-1500) Latin dormitorium, from dormire “to sleep”

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