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dormitorylike en · ADJ

Etymology

From dormitory + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a dormitory.
   • In Houston, the YMCA downtown has offered dormitorylike rooms since 1908. The current building was built in 1941. Over the years it drew such fledgling business leaders as Gerald Hines and Fayez Sarofim. 2008 August 24, Tara Dooley, “It's been fun to stay at the Y”, in Chron:
   • There are long waiting lists, too, for group residences, dormitorylike homes run by nonprofit and for-profit organizations. 1986 July 17, Janet Elder, “FOR MENTALLY RETARDED ADULTS, CHALLENGES OF DAY-TO-DAY LIFE”, in New York Times:

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