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dorm

American  
[dawrm] / dɔrm /

noun

Informal.

  1. dormitory.

dorm British  
/ dɔːm /

noun

  1. informal short for dormitory

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Etymology

Origin of dorm

First recorded in 1895–1900; by shortening

Example Sentences

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She sent bundles of herbs that Janet wasn’t allowed to burn in her dorm room, not that she wanted to.

From Literature

I’m happy Phillipe is not around to see the digital renderings of what they plan to erect once they demolish the Taix chateau: another condo building with all the charm of a college dorm.

From Los Angeles Times

All seven members roomed in a single dorm room until 2016.

From The Wall Street Journal

The trucker catalogs diesel prices each time she fuels up for the roughly 500-mile round trip she makes six nights a week hauling modular dorm rooms from outside Los Angeles to California Polytechnic State University.

From The Wall Street Journal

Marfisee and her students walked through the surrounding neighborhood, went cot to cot in the women’s dorm and held two informational sessions in December and January to answer patients’ questions.

From Los Angeles Times

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