dormitory suburb

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• dormitory suburb — a suburb occupied mainly by the homes of commuters. Also called bedroom suburb. [1945 50] * * * …   Universalium

• dormitory suburb — a suburb occupied mainly by the homes of commuters. Also called bedroom suburb. [1945 50] …   Useful 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 — [[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 — /ˈdɔmətri / (say dawmuhtree) noun (plural dormitories) 1. a room for sleeping, usually large and containing many beds, sometimes in cubicles, for the inmates of a school or other institution. 2. a mental or spiritual resting place. 3. Also,… …  

• 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

• suburb — noun a fast growing suburb just west of Albany you ll need a car if you move to the suburbs Syn: residential area, dormitory area, bedroom community, commutershed, commuter belt, exurb; (suburbs) suburbia, the burbs …   Thesaurus of popular words