0 a place from which many people travel in order to work in a bigger town or city --
1 a place where many people who work in a bigger town or city live: --
Originally a dormitory town for Liverpool merchants, its popularity increased as part of the fashionable seaside resort of New Brighton.
The city is now a large dormitory town with little community life, devoid of a centre of its own.
After the railway closed in 1950 the village became an attractive dormitory town and the ensuing 50 years have seen rapid growth.
It is used mainly as a dormitory town for various workers who work in the regional capital and its environs.
Tokoroa was at that time mainly a service/dormitory town to the mill facilities.
Since 1945, it serves mostly as a dormitory town for the larger towns in the area.
At this time, work started on building new factories and industrial areas, to avoid the town becoming a dormitory town.
This is both dormitory town and harbour city.
It is a primarily rural residential town that has dormitory town status.
