"dorm" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɔːm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɔɹm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dorm.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dorms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m Head templates: {{en-noun}} dorm (plural dorms)
  1. Clipping of dormitory. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: dormitory Categories (topical): Housing Translations (room): Schlafsaal [masculine] (German), dormitório [masculine] (Portuguese) Translations (state): Ruhezustand [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-dorm-en-noun-Vldmp5Fa Disambiguation of Housing: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7

Verb

IPA: /dɔːm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɔɹm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dorm.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dorms [present, singular, third-person], dorming [participle, present], dormed [participle, past], dormed [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m Head templates: {{en-verb}} dorm (third-person singular simple present dorms, present participle dorming, simple past and past participle dormed)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To reside in a dorm. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-dorm-en-verb-J6TIipB4

Inflected forms

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