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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
singular
not gender specific
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.
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