dormitory
nounEtymology
From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dormitorium and dorter.
- derived from dormītōrium
- inherited from dormitory
Definitions
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for…
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep…
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
A dormitory town.
The neighborhood
Derived
dormantory, dormcest, dormitorywide, dormobile, interdormitory, nondormitory
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA