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dormitory town

dormitory town noun: synonym of bedroom community.

Noun

dormitory town (plural dormitory towns)

  1. Synonym of bedroom community.
    • Whitby has grown up a lot since then. It's become a bit of a dormitory town in some ways for Teesside.2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 60

Synonyms of dormitory town

Forms of dormitory town

pluraldormitory towns

Origin of dormitory town

So called because workers return to the town to go home and sleep.

Questions about dormitory town

What does dormitory town mean?
Dormitory town means synonym of bedroom community.
What part of speech is dormitory town?
Dormitory town is a noun.
What is the plural of dormitory town?
The plural of dormitory town is dormitory towns.

Words near dormitory town in the dictionary

  1. dormitoria
  2. dormitories
  3. dormitorium
  4. dormitoriums
  5. dormitory
  6. dormitory town
  7. dormitory towns
  8. dormitorylike
  9. dormitorywide
  10. dormlike
  11. dormmate

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