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dormlike

dormlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a dormitory.

Adjective

dormlike (comparative more dormlike, superlative most dormlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dormitory.
    • From left: a one-bedroom apartment at Windsor Court in Murray Hill had a dormlike feel; a house on East 27th Street had tiny rooms and a very low ceiling in the kitchen; the one-bedroom at Windsor Park has no view, but is just a block from Central Park; Christoffer Eriksson and Muge Tuncel Eriksson...2007 January 7, Joyce Cohen, “Where the Grass Is Greener”, in New York Times

Forms of dormlike

comparativemore dormlike
superlativemost dormlike

Origin of dormlike

From dorm + -like.

Questions about dormlike

What does dormlike mean?
Dormlike means resembling or characteristic of a dormitory.
What part of speech is dormlike?
Dormlike is an adjective.

Words near dormlike in the dictionary

  1. dormitory
  2. dormitory town
  3. dormitory towns
  4. dormitorylike
  5. dormitorywide
  6. dormlike
  7. dormmate
  8. dormmates
  9. dormobile
  10. dormobiles
  11. dormouse

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