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.
Origin of dormitory
1475–85; <Latin dormītōrium bedroom, equivalent to dormī(re) to sleep + -tōrium-tory2
Words nearby dormitory
dormeuse, dormie, dormient, dormin, Dormition of the Blessed Virgin, dormitory, dormitory suburb, Dormobile, Dormont, dormouse, dornase alfa
Just as Shahra was preparing to build the farm—Sekaran left the company earlier this year—Singaporean officials discovered a cluster of covid-19 cases in one of the country’s cramped worker dormitories.
Inside Singapore’s huge bet on vertical farming|Katie McLean|October 13, 2020|MIT Technology Review
The BIE, which serves about 8% of Native students across the country, directly operates about a third of the 180 schools and dormitories in its system.
The Federal Government Promised Native American Students Computers and Internet. Many Are Still Waiting.|by Alden Woods, Arizona Republic|September 28, 2020|ProPublica
At the end of his workday, Suga returns to his quarters in a modest dormitory for legislators and, before turning in, does 100 more sit-ups.
How the son of strawberry pickers became Japan’s most likely choice for next prime minister|claychandler|September 3, 2020|Fortune
There was a classic study that took over an entire dormitory and tried to see who would become friends with whom.
Reasons to Be Cheerful (Ep. 417)|Stephen J. Dubner|May 7, 2020|Freakonomics
The dormitory has since been converted into a small chapel, filled with polished wooden stools and a statue of Mary in the corner.
Did the Virgin Mary Warn Rwanda’s Holiest Town of the Genocide?|Nina Strochlic|April 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The one band that blasted out of dormitory windows onto grassy quadrangles in the snooty Northeast, no matter what, was REM.
The Return of the Replacements: Here Comes a Regular|Elizabeth Wurtzel|September 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Some have even been at the dormitory during the fall term looking for him.
Michael Nodianos of Steubenville ‘Rape’ Video Drops Out of OSU, Citing Threats|Winston Ross|January 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She lived in a dormitory, joining some 80 other swimmers; their practice sessions ran an exhausting five-and-a-half hours a day.
China’s Olympic Soul-Searching: What the Games Have Taught the Country|Melinda Liu, Paul Mooney|August 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
First came a rash of suicides, with Foxconn workers jumping off dormitory roofs.
Apple Makes Smart Move by Vowing to Improve China Labor Conditions|Dan Lyons|March 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Before midnight the dormitory was full of suffocating smoke.
Essays in Rebellion|Henry W. Nevinson
It did not seem to be in the dormitory, or on the stairs outside, or in the quadrangle below.
Boycotted|Talbot Baines Reed
I went down to the dormitory this morning and, as usual, there were about half a dozen boys standing before Morton's bookstore.
The Story of a Life|J. Breckenridge Ellis
The Cathedral Library was formerly the dormitory and refectories of the abbey, as it was originally styled.
Cathedral Cities of England|George Gilbert
And then if he confessed the real reason of his absence from his dormitory, who would believe him?
The Hero of Garside School|J. Harwood Panting
British Dictionary definitions for dormitory
dormitory
/ (ˈdɔːmɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /
nounplural-ries
a large room, esp at a school or institution, containing several beds
USa building, esp at a college or camp, providing living and sleeping accommodation
(modifier)Britishdenoting or relating to an area from which most of the residents commute to work (esp in the phrase dormitory suburb)
Often (for senses 1, 2) shortened to: dorm
Word Origin for dormitory
C15: from Latin dormītōrium, from dormīre to sleep