dormitorydor‧mi‧to‧ry /ˈdɔːmətəri $ ˈdɔːrmətɔːri/ noun (plural dormitories) [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINdormitory
ExamplesOrigin:
1400-1500 Latin dormitorium, from dormire ‘to sleep’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- The second riot began just after 6 p.m. at a medium security dormitory.
- Do you think you could go upstairs and be with the boys in the dormitory?
- 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.
- Like most of the rest of the south east, it's now a satellite commuter dormitory of London.
- My dormitory leader presses me to answer.
- The dormitory is new; it has barely been completed in time for the beginning of the semester.
- The ballroom became a dormitory and two thousand servicemen passed through.
- Their sordid dormitory was attacked by hooligans.
WORD SETS► College
CollocationsAA, nounacademia, nounacademic, adjectiveacademic, nounacademy, nounalum, nounalumna, nounalumni, nounalumnus, nounassistant professor, nounAssociate of Arts, nounassociate professor, nounaudit, verbBA, nounbachelor's degree, nounBig Man on Campus, nounblue book, nounbrother, nounBSc, nounbursar, nounbursary, nouncampus, nounCantab, chair, nounchancellery, nounchancellor, nounclass, nouncoed, nouncommencement, nouncommunity college, nounconservatoire, nounconservatory, nounconvocation, nouncourse, nouncredit, nouncum laude, adverbdean, noundean's list, noundiploma, noundissertation, noundoctor, noundoctoral, adjectivedoctorate, nounDoctor of Philosophy, noundon, noundorm, noundormitory, noundouble first, noundown, adverbelective, nounexaminer, nounextension, nounextramural, adjectivefaculty, nounfinancial aid, nounfirst class, noungrad, noungrad school, noungraduate, noungraduate, verbgraduate, adjectivegraduate school, noungraduation, nounGRE, nounGreek, nounhall, nounhall of residence, nounhaze, verbhigher education, nounhomecoming, nounhonor roll, nounhonours degree, nounintercollegiate, adjectiveintramural, adjectiveIvy League, the, adjectivejoint honours, nounjunior college, nounlectureship, nounLLB, nounLLD, nounLLM, nounMA, nounmagna cum laude, adjectivemajor, nounMaster of Arts, nounMaster of Science, nounmaster's, nounmaster's degree, nounmatriculate, verbmature student, nounMBA, nounMEd, nounmedic, nounmedical school, nounMFA, nounmidterm, nounMilitary Academy, nounminor, nounMLitt, nounmortarboard, nounMPhil, nounM.Sc., nounOpen University, the, option, nounoral, nounOxbridge, nounPhD, nounPhi Beta Kappa, nounpledge, nounpledge, verbpoly, nounpolytechnic, nounpost doctoral, adjectivepost-grad, nounpostgraduate, nounpostgraduate, adjectivepractical, nounprof, nounprofessor, nounprofessorial, adjectiveprofessorship, nounProvost, nounqualified, adjectivequarter, nounrag, nounread, verbreadership, nounredbrick, adjectiverush, verbrush, nounsandwich course, nounschool, nounsemester, nounseminar, nounseminary, nounsenate, nounsenior, nounsingle honours, nounsophomore, nounsorority, nounspring break, nounstate university, nounstudent union, nounsubject, nounsumma cum laude, adverbsummer school, nounsurvey course, nounsyllabus, nountech, nountechnical college, nountenure, nountermly, adjectivetertiary education, nountheological college, nounthesis, nounthird, nounthird class, nountutor, nountutorial, nountutorial, adjective2.1, nountwo-two, nounU., undergraduate, noununi, nounUniv., university, nounupperclassman, nounupperclasswoman, nounvac, nounvacation, nounvarsity, nounvice-chancellor, nounvisiting professor, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► room
1 especially British English a large room for several people to sleep in, for example in a boarding school or hostel2American English a large building at a college or university where students live SYN hall of residence British English· Last week I sent my son Robert a photograph for his dormitory room.· My dormitory room, I have decided, will be my private sanctuary from the world.· Some had nowhere to live apart from crowded dormitory rooms, even after getting married.
► town· From an atlas find the names of the towns marked on the map as the more desirable dormitory towns.· But most recently people have moved from the city centres to new houses in the suburbs, or to dormitory towns.· Thornbury was fast becoming a dormitory town for nearby Bristol, but there were a couple of decent pubs there.