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dorm

 (dôrm)
n. Informal
A dormitory.
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dorm

(dɔːm)
n
informal short for dormitory
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dorm

(dɔrm)

n.
a dormitory.
[1895–1900; by shortening]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.dorm - a college or university building containing living quarters for studentsdorm - a college or university building containing living quarters for students
dormitory, residence hall, student residence, hall
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
hall of residence - a university dormitory
living quarters, quarters - housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters"
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'I am Yvonne, the daughter of Earl Dorm of the Hills,' said the damsel,
Earl Dorm of the Hills, was a small, elderly man, with what Agravaine considered a distinctly furtive air about him.
The retinue of Earl Dorm was not strong numerically--the household being, to judge from appearances, one that had seen better days; but it struck Agravaine that what it lacked in numbers it made up in toughness.
'Ah, yes, the dragon,' said Earl Dorm, 'I was forgetting the dragon.
Dinner at Earl Dorm's was no lunch-counter scuffle.
Small-talk, it seemed, was not an art cultivated in any great measure by the lower orders in the employment of Earl Dorm.
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