- a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
- a room containing a number of beds and serving as communal sleeping quarters, as in an institution, fraternity house, or passenger ship.
- a large room, esp at a school or institution, containing several beds
- a building, esp at a college or camp, providing living and sleeping accommodation
- denoting or relating to an area from which most of the residents commute to work (esp in the phrase dormitory suburb)
