College Housing Terms

noun a large building containing many rooms for sleeping, typically used by students in a school or college

• The students gathered in the dormitory for a study session.
• Let's hang out in the dormitory and watch a movie.
• I left my phone charger in the dorm, can you grab it for me?
• The abandoned building looked like a ghostly dormitory in the moonlight.

noun a person's home; the place where someone lives

• The new ambassador has taken up residence in the official embassy.
• I'll swing by your residence later to drop off the book.
• Let's chill at your residence this weekend.
• His mind found a residence in the world of fantasy novels.