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Word: dormitory (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
  • 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. Common abbreviation: dorm
  • Short for dormitory town, a suburban or rural settlement housing city workers

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