Dormitory

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dormitory \Dor"mi*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Dormitories}. [L.
     dormitorium, fr. dormitorius of or for sleeping, fr. dormire
     to sleep. See {Dormant}.]
     1. A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of
        sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing
        many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding


        school. --Thackeray.
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     2. A burial place. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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              My sister was interred in a very honorable manner in
              our dormitory, joining to the parish church.
                                                    --Evelyn.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dormitory
       n 1: a college or university building containing living quarters
            for students [syn: {dorm}, {residence hall}, {hall}, {student
            residence}]
       2: a large sleeping room containing several beds [syn: {dormitory
          room}, {dorm room}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "dormitory":
     bedchamber, bedroom, boardinghouse, boudoir, chamber, cubicle,
     cubiculum, dorm, doss house, fleabag, flophouse, guest house,
     hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodging house, nursery,
     ordinary, pension, posada, pub, public, public house, roadhouse,
     rooming house, sleeping room, tavern