0 a large room containing many beds, for example in a boarding school --
1 a large building at a college or university where students live --
2 a large room or building containing many beds, esp. in a college or boarding school --
3 an area near a town or city where many people who work in the town or city live: --
We were determined to build not just dormitories but communities.
Roughly equal numbers of boys and girls had been ill and there was no apparent association of illness with a particular dormitory.
The chancellor invited us and five other architects to interview for this project, and he said that he wanted a visionary dormitory.
There were 122 boy boarders in three dormitories, all aged between 13 and 15 years (median 14.2 years).
A case of pertussis in a crowded boarding-school dormitory resulted rapidly in an outbreak.
The so-called zoning separated the residential areas (dormitories) from shopping centres, recreational parks and industry.
The dormitories, for example, should resemble hospital dormitories, even pensions.
He had loose bowels and rested in the dormitory.
The toilet was far away from the dormitory room.