dormitory

CEFRB1

/ˈdɔː.mɪ.tɹi/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A building where many students or workers live.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.

Examples

  • You will soon adjust to living in a dormitory.

  • Those two boys share the same dormitory room.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdoː.mɪ.tɹi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A dormitory town.

  2. 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.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The new students moved into the largest blank on campus this fall.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

noun

From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dormitorium and dorter.