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Dormitory
01
a room designed for multiple people to sleep in, typically found in schools, camps, or similar institutions
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
dormitories
Examples
She shared a dormitory with five other students during her stay at the boarding school.
1.1
a college or university building in which students reside
Dialect
American
American
Examples
The university built a new dorm to accommodate the growing number of students.
