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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King