dormitory

noun

Definition of dormitorynext
as in dorm

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Recent Examples of dormitory If the tower is built, Southwestern, a community college, would tie with UC San Diego for having the tallest dormitory in Southern California. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026 The new modular jail is expected to provide about 100 beds across cells and dormitory-like areas. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 Investigators also say dormitory surveillance video captured Aguilar and the girl entering his room before later showing the girl leaving. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 In one case, cyclosporiasis infections were traced back to tap water in a residential dormitory. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dormitory
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  1. dorm
  2. boardinghouse
  3. flophouse
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  • The event highlights the best deals and must-have seasonal items across categories including school supplies, dorm essentials, TVs, mattresses, home upgrades, fall fashion and football gear.
    — Jessica Moore, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
  • While boy and girl campers were housed in separate dormitories, the camp assigned Wesley to watch over the girls’ dorm at night, and also disabled the rooms’ locking mechanisms by taping over them, according to court records.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dorm
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  • Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
Definition of boardinghouse
Noun
  • Our flophouse in Harlem was growing crowded.
    — Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Back in the day, the LaSalle Hotel was a flophouse, just about the only place for downtown residents.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
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