dorm
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dorm
First recorded in 1895–1900; by shortening
Example Sentences
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She recalls that a few weeks after she arrived at the home, she first began hearing "whispers about what was going on in the girls' dorms".
From BBC
“The idea here is to face that challenge head on. Students in these dorms are friends not despite of but because of their differences.”
By 2024, he was working at a sweater factory, sending money home, and returning from his dorm with chocolates for his infant daughter, spending evenings watching cartoons on TV.
From BBC
Ablaye, whose name has also been changed, came to retrieve some of his personal belongings from his dorm.
From Barron's
When Ben Rosenfeld started working as a residential assistant at a Stanford University dorm, he encountered 77 freshmen possessed by an “all-consuming” force.
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