dormitory

dor·mi·tory (dôr′mə tôr′ē)

noun pl. -·ries

a room, building, or part of a building with sleeping accommodations for a number of people
☆ 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

sleeping quarters, dorm*, barracks*, residence hall, room*, apartment*, hostel*, men's dormitory, women's dormitory, residence; see also bedroom, hotel, room 2.

Possessives

monk: The south transept has a similar blocked door that would have allowed access to the monks ' dormitory.
canon: A serious fire in 1985 destroyed the chief surviving feature, a large C15 roof of the former canon's dormitory.
girl: Maria cautiously leads Liz and Simon into what appears to be a girls ' dormitory.
boy: The eight boys ' dormitories were on the first floor in the main block.

Converse of object

share: He found it hard sharing a dormitory with the boys!
become: They were also worried about the area becoming a dormitory.
build: The present space will hold no more beds, but to build an additional dormitory is the earnest desire and intention of Dr. Gilbert.

Adjective modifier

female: On the dog leg on the main corridor there is a short corridor leading to the female dormitory now stripped of its original fittings.
separate: The patient lived at a work center that housed up to 160 inmates in two separate dormitories.
small: Younger boys are housed in small dormitories; boys in the senior house are largely housed in single study bedrooms.
large: The Lower Grammar boys share rooms within a larger dormitory.

Modifies a noun

suburb: An imaginative strategy We must also avoid creating places that are simply dormitory suburbs for London.
accommodation: Open to all - food provided, dormitory style accommodation in the spiral house itself, or camping.
style: You're in dormitory style rooms with an average of 4 persons sharing.
town: Tring is a dormitory town in Hertfordshire, a bastion of the middle class.
settlement: Now largely a dormitory settlement, it was once a weaving village.
village: This may not be easy to achieve in a dormitory village or a suburb.

Noun used with modifier

commuter: Young people have left remote rural areas, while some villages close to cities have become commuter dormitories.
bed: The next door on the right is a small 6 bed dormitory ( with more wall lights ).
student: Minimal lodging costs are around 1100 FF in student dormitories.

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