Definition

Noun: 1. A large sleeping room containing several beds: A dormitory room is a shared bedroom, typically found in institutions like schools, colleges, or military barracks, where multiple individuals sleep. It is furnished with several beds, often with basic furniture for each occupant.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Each dormitory room in the freshman hall houses four students.
  • He keeps his side of the dormitory room very tidy.
  • The university offers single rooms, but most first-year students live in a dormitory room with roommates.

Advanced Usage

• "dorm room": This is a common, informal contraction of "dormitory room." While "dormitory room" is the full, formal term, "dorm room" is frequently used in everyday conversation.
  • Her dorm room is on the third floor of the building.

Variants and Related Words

• Dormitory (n): The building or hall containing many dormitory rooms.
  • She lives in the north campus dormitory.
• Dorm (n): An informal, shortened form of "dormitory."
  • All the dorms are close to the dining hall.
• Residence hall (n): A more formal term often used interchangeably with "dormitory."
• Barracks (n): A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel, similar in function to a dormitory.

Synonyms

• Shared bedroom: A room for sleeping shared by more than one person.
• Bunkroom: A room equipped with bunk beds.
• Sleeping quarters: A general term for a place where people sleep, often used in institutional contexts.

Related Phrases

• Room and board: A phrase describing a fee that covers both housing (often a dormitory room) and meals.
  • The scholarship includes tuition and room and board.
• Hallmate: A person who lives in the same dormitory hall.
  • My hallmates organized a study group.

Noun

1. a large sleeping room containing several beds