Definition of "dormitory" []

• A room providing sleeping quarters for a number of persons. (noun)
• A building for housing a number of persons, as at a school or resort. (noun)
• A community whose inhabitants commute to a nearby city for employment and recreation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The rooms are light and airy, although the dormitory is rather filled up with beds."
• "-- The Wall Street Journal: a student-run news service reported that five students -- two women and three men -- were killed Sunday night in dormitory raids by Basij forces at Tehran University."
• "The fact that the vision occurred in the dormitory is only mentioned in passing and is not of particular interest to the author."