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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dor•mi•to•ry /ˈdɔrmɪˌtɔri/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries, adj. n. [countable] - a building, such as at a college, containing rooms for students to live in.
- a large room containing a number of beds and serving as sleeping quarters for a group of people:the barracks dormitory.
adj. [before a noun] - of or referring to a community inhabited mainly by commuters:dormitory suburbs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dor•mi•to•ry (dôr′mi tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. - a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
- a room containing a number of beds and serving as communal sleeping quarters, as in an institution, fraternity house, or passenger ship.
- Latin dormītōrium bedroom, equivalent. to dormī(re) to sleep + -tōrium -tory2
- 1475–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dormitory /ˈdɔːmɪtərɪ -trɪ/ n ( pl -ries)- a large room, esp at a school or institution, containing several beds
- US a building, esp at a college or camp, providing living and sleeping accommodation
- (modifier) Brit denoting or relating to an area from which most of the residents commute to work (esp in the phrase dormitory suburb)
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin dormītōrium, from dormīre to sleep |