dorm

dorm

A shortening of "dormitory," a building that houses students, as on a college campus. Yeah, I know Jen, she lives in my dorm. My friends headed back to the dorm after class, but I went to pick up my mail instead.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dorm

n. a dormitory. Fred lives in a co-ed dorm.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • skin the bear at once
  • prostie
  • prosties
  • What's all that about?
  • what's all this/that?
  • cuz
  • reg
  • cig
  • clitty
  • and I think you do
References in periodicals archive
They offer a variety of rooms and facilities for young adults and it give students the feel of a dorm, without staying close to campus.
University life: Dorms versus apartments, what is better?
Imagine using blue light in your dorm then decorating your walls with glow-in-the-dark pieces.
Designed for learning
Frances Lacefield started designing her dream dorm room before her freshman year at the University of Alabama, but she had a hard time finding bedding that matched her personality and fit dorm regulations.
TRANSFORMING THE DORM: What does it take to create a Pinterest-worthy room?
SWOL Safe - A dorm safe is an essential that the college student will not want to go without.
DormCo Presents Top 10 - New 2016 Dorm Supplies
Upgraded dorms will help attract highly qualified students, while at the same time advancing the university's goal of improving student retention and graduation rates.
UO dorm upgrade overdue
Leigh Richards, a fire investigation officer at West Midlands Fire Service, said he had also found burn marks in Mr Dorm's bedding and bedroom carpet.
Fire death artist had been careless with cigarettes
VAR of the security camera footages showing the arsoning of the dorm
PKK terrorists set dorm on fire, one student injured
Based on the questionnaire data from Phase I, 238 dorm rooms with 473 students were inspected and measured in Phase II.
Ventilation, crowds and the common cold
The first dozen or so showed only white boys arranged on the dorm stoop, mugging for the camera.
A house Divided
Washington, April 21 ( ANI ): The suspect of the Boston bomb blast, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, reportedly enjoyed a party with friends in a college dorm room just two days after the deadly attack.
Boston bomb blast suspect partied after heinous act
He said the dorm has changed campus life for the better, injecting a new energy among both resident students and commuters.
Living large: growing list of colleges opening residence halls
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- California State University, San Bernardino police shot and killed a student during a fight in an off-campus dorm.
US Police Shoot Cal State San Bernardino Student
At the Generator Hostel Berlin, the offer is for a complimentary hot salted pretzel, on twin and eight bed dorm rooms, with room rates commencing at EUR16 per person, per night.
-Generator Hostels Offers Complimentary Food with Accommodation in Europe
The noise has been a problem for 14 years, since the building became a dorm, the Brooklyn Paper said.
Rowdy students cause headache for Brooklyn Heights dorm owner
Terceiro said the college will have three options if it decides to move forward with the plan: The school could construct a dorm outright, hiring an architectural firm and contractor and managing the property itself; it could hire a third party to design and build the dormitory and then manage it; or it could have the dorm built by the college but managed by a third party.
Community college looking at city land for dorm