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dormitory

[dawr-mi-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

noun

plural

dormitories 
  1. 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.

  2. a room containing a number of beds and serving as communal sleeping quarters, as in an institution, fraternity house, or passenger ship.



dormitory

/ -trɪ, ˈdɔːmɪtərɪ /

noun

  1. a large room, esp at a school or institution, containing several beds

  2. a building, esp at a college or camp, providing living and sleeping accommodation

  3. (modifier) denoting or relating to an area from which most of the residents commute to work (esp in the phrase dormitory suburb )

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dormitory1

1475–85; < Latin ǰīōܳ bedroom, equivalent to ǰī ( re ) to sleep + -ōܳ -tory 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dormitory1

C15: from Latin ǰīōܳ, from ǰīre to sleep
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A March 2023 search of the unit where the teens overdosed uncovered pills laced with fentanyl and “two large bindles of what appeared to be fentanyl” inside a dormitory, according to the inspector general’s report.

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At the Midnight Mission, fellows ate at the cafeteria that feeds hundreds a day, toured a dormitory, a soon-to-open women’s 12-step program and an education center with computers, books and musical instruments.

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Last year, some universities were criticised for banning the use of bed curtains in their dormitories.

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In the capital Kyiv, local officials reported 11 injuries, multiple fires and damage to residential buildings, including a dormitory.

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Today, in one of those same rooms in that beautiful dormitory, there's probably a kid who thinks he doesn't belong in the team.

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