dormitory
noun
dor·mi·to·ry
ˈdȯr-mə-ˌtȯr-ē 
plural dormitories
1
: a room for sleeping
especially
: a large room containing numerous beds
2
: a residence hall providing rooms for individuals or for groups usually without private baths
3
chiefly British
: a residential community inhabited chiefly by commuters
Examples of dormitory in a Sentence
Guests at the camp can stay in private cabins or for a smaller fee in the dormitories.
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Jade Le Deley, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Turner lore suggested the college student was expelled from the Ivy League school for having a female student in his dormitory room.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 May 2026
The Eyes must have tossed the Pearl Girls dormitory, too, because Daisy’s pocket radio — the one she’s been hiding inside her bunkmate Thalia’s bed frame — is sitting on the desk.
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In 1994, my mother and I moved to Gehrenseestraße, a dormitory housing complex in Alt-Hohenschönhausen, northeast Berlin.
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Jade Le Deley, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Turner lore suggested the college student was expelled from the Ivy League school for having a female student in his dormitory room.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 May 2026
The Eyes must have tossed the Pearl Girls dormitory, too, because Daisy’s pocket radio — the one she’s been hiding inside her bunkmate Thalia’s bed frame — is sitting on the desk.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
In 1994, my mother and I moved to Gehrenseestraße, a dormitory housing complex in Alt-Hohenschönhausen, northeast Berlin.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 6 May 2026
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dormitory
noun
dor·mi·to·ry
ˈdȯr-mə-ˌtōr-ē
-ˌtȯr-
plural dormitories
1
: a sleeping room especially for several people
2
: a residence hall having many sleeping rooms
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