dormitory

Noun

Meaning

A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school.

A burial place.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dorm hall residence hall dormitory room dorm room student residence lodge inn auberge house tavern fireside chamber hospice roadhouse

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Antonyms

school office mansion alleyway learning space expensive hotel

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Hypernyms

chamber building bedroom edifice bedchamber quarters

Hyponyms

hall of residence

Related terms

dormant dormition dormitive

Phrases with the word

dormitory district university dormitory dormitory area

Derivatives

dormitories

Examples

According to Chrodegang's rule, the cathedral clergy were to live under a common roof, occupy a common dormitory and submit to the authority of a special officer. Source: Internet

A CHITUNGWIZA-BASED church, Believers Hill Church (BHC), on Sunday launched a soup kitchen where it fed over 500 needy people in the dormitory town. Source: Internet

All scholars at Hunter are given the choice of either a free dormitory room at the Brookdale Campus for two years or a yearly stipend. Source: Internet

As of now, certain features in Build mode become disabled if players are working on an apartment building or dormitory, so expanding what players could do when working on condominium-style residences would also take the up a notch. Source: Internet

Because of the extremely limited train service, Levi stayed in the factory dormitory during the week. Source: Internet

Beiderbecke often failed to return to his dormitory before curfew, and sometimes stayed off-campus the next day. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dormitive dormitive principle dormitive virtue dormitory area dormitory district dormitory room