Dormitory and House

Dormitory

Dormitory noun - A large sleeping room containing several beds.
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Synonyms for Dormitory

House and dormitory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "House" instead a noun "Dormitory".

House

House noun - The place where one lives.
Usage example: come over to my house for supper so I can show off my new stove

Dormitory and house are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dormitory" instead a noun "House".

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / Ame Nochi Hare Why does he have a house all by himself in the middle of the school grounds even if he is the dormitory supervisor?
  • Mac Hall, a comic about a group of Slackers living in a college dormitory, then later their own house.
  • Landlady Miriam Fry from Agent Carter treats her tenants like they were school girls in a dormitory rather than adults living on their own, the way she strictly controls the schedules of the girls in her boarding house and forbids men higher than the first floor..
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