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dormmate

dormmate noun: one who shares the same dorm.

Noun

dormmate (plural dormmates)

  1. One who shares the same dorm.
    • In other letters, she would convey a mounting exasperation with her rigid conservative father and disdain for both “debutante” dormmates and an acid-dropping friend.2007 July 29, Mark Leibovich, “In the ’60s, a Future Candidate Poured Her Heart Out in Letters”, in New York Times

Forms of dormmate

pluraldormmates

Origin of dormmate

From dorm + -mate.

Questions about dormmate

What does dormmate mean?
Dormmate means one who shares the same dorm.
What part of speech is dormmate?
Dormmate is a noun.
What is the plural of dormmate?
The plural of dormmate is dormmates.

Words near dormmate in the dictionary

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

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