dormitories

Variant of dormitory

dormitory definition

dor·mi·tory (dôr′mə tôr′ē)

noun pl. dormitories -·ries

  1. a room, building, or part of a building with sleeping accommodations for a number of people
  2. ☆ a building with many rooms that provide sleeping and living accommodations for a number of people, as at college

Etymology: ME dormitorie < L dormitorium, place for sleeping < dormitorius, of or for sleeping < pp. of dormire: see dormant

adjective

Chiefly Brit. designating a suburb or small town whose residents travel daily to their jobs in the city

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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