Dormitory

Noun

 * 1) 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. Common abbreviation: dorm
 * 2) A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
 * 3) Short for dormitory town, a suburban or rural settlement housing city workers

Synonyms

 * Common abbreviation: dorm

Related terms

 * dorm
 * dormant
 * dormitive
 * dormition

Thesaurus
bedchamber, bedroom, boardinghouse, boudoir, chamber, cubicle, cubiculum, dorm, doss house, fleabag, flophouse, guest house, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodging house, nursery, ordinary, pension, posada, pub, public, public house, roadhouse, rooming house, sleeping room, tavern