Definitions for dormitory

dormitory dor·mi·to·ry

Spelling: [dawr-mi-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
IPA: /ˈdɔr mɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Dormitory is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 193 anagrams from letters in dormitory (dimoorrty).

Definitions for dormitory

noun

  1. a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
  2. a room containing a number of beds and serving as communal sleeping quarters, as in an institution, fraternity house, or passenger ship.

Origin of dormitory

1475-85; Latin dormītōrium bedroom, equivalent to dormī(re) to sleep + -tōrium -tory2

Examples for dormitory

The one band that blasted out of dormitory windows onto grassy quadrangles in the snooty Northeast, no matter what, was REM.

I must own that the poor man was not welcomed by his dormitory companions.

The smooth walls were such as he might have found in his own dormitory.

Some have even been at the dormitory during the fall term looking for him.

Almost hopeful she followed Sister Ignatia to the dormitory.

She lived in a dormitory, with a parlor for the reception of guests.

The dormitory monitor was sitting up in bed ready for them, too.

First came a rash of suicides, with Foxconn workers jumping off dormitory roofs.

She lived in a dormitory, joining some 80 other swimmers; their practice sessions ran an exhausting five-and-a-half hours a day.

The dormitory has since been converted into a small chapel, filled with polished wooden stools and a statue of Mary in the corner.

Word Value for dormitory
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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