dormitory town

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• 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 — UK US noun [C] UK (US bedroom community) ► a place where many people who work in a bigger town or city live: »Originally a dormitory town for Liverpool merchants, its popularity increased as part of the fashionable seaside resort of New Brighton …   Financial and business terms

• 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 town — dormitory ,town noun count a place from which many people travel to a city to work …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dormitory town — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms dormitory town : singular dormitory town plural dormitory towns British a place from which many people travel to a city to work …   English 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 — 1 noun (C) 1 a large room in a boarding school or hostel for several people to sleep in 2 AmE a large building in a college or university where students live; hall of residence BrE 2 adjective (only before noun) especially BrE a dormitory town is …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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 — ► 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 — [[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