dormitory suburb or town

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• dormitory — [[t]dɔ͟ː(r)mɪtri, AM tɔːri[/t]] dormitories 1) N COUNT A dormitory is a large bedroom where several people sleep, for example in a boarding school. ...the boys dormitory... The latest refugees were housed in makeshift dormitories. 2) N COUNT A… …   English dictionary

• dormitory — dor‧mi‧to‧ry [ˈdɔːmtri ǁ ˈdɔːrmtɔːri] noun dormitories PLURALFORM [countable] PROPERTY an area just outside a large town where many of the people working in the town live: • The development could reduce it to just another dormitory for Bristol …   Financial and business terms

• dormitory town — UK US noun [countable] [singular dormitory town plural dormitory towns] a place from which many people travel to a city to work Thesaurus: towns, cities and villageshyponym * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• dormitory town — dormitory .town n BrE a town that is near a city with more work opportunities, so that many people who live there travel to work in the city every day American Equivalent: bedroom community/suburb …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dormitory — ► NOUN (pl. dormitories) 1) a bedroom for a number of people in an institution. 2) (before another noun ) denoting a small town or suburb from which people travel to work in a nearby city. ORIGIN Latin dormitorium, from dormire to sleep …   English terms dictionary

• dormitory — [dôr′mə tôr΄ē] n. pl. dormitories [ME dormitorie < L dormitorium, place for sleeping < dormitorius, of or for sleeping < pp. of dormire: see DORMANT] 1. a room, building, or part of a building with sleeping accommodations for a number of …   English World dictionary

• dormitory — n. (pl. ies) 1 a sleeping room with several beds, esp. in a school or institution. 2 (in full dormitory town etc.) a small town or suburb from which people travel to work in a city etc. 3 US a university or college hall of residence or hostel.… …   Useful english dictionary

• dormitory — [ dɔ:mɪt(ə)ri] noun (plural dormitories) 1》 a bedroom for a number of people in a school or other institution.     ↘N. Amer. a college hall of residence. 2》 [as modifier] denoting a small town or suburb from which people travel to work in a… …   English new terms dictionary

• bedroom suburb — bedroom suburb, U.S. a suburb inhabited by persons who work all day in the city and spend only the night at home. * * * ˈdormitory town [dormitory town] (BrE) (NAmE ˈbedroom community …   Useful english dictionary

• Commuter town — Commuters waiting for the morning train in Maplewood, New Jersey, to travel to New York City, New York A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood.… …   Wikipedia

• New town — For places called New Town , see New Town (disambiguation). Model city redirects here. For the US urban aid program of the 1960s and 1970s see Model Cities Program. Navi Mumbai, India is the world s largest planned city. A new town is a specific… …   Wikipedia