Associations to the word «Dormitory»

Wiktionary

DORMITORY, noun. 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.
DORMITORY, noun. A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
DORMITORY, noun. Short for dormitory town, a suburban or rural settlement housing city workers

Dictionary definition

DORMITORY, noun. A college or university building containing living quarters for students.
DORMITORY, noun. A large sleeping room containing several beds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats