Meanings
noundormitory town (plural dormitory towns)
plural dormitory towns
- 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 60Synonyms: bedroom community
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of bedroom community.
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Origin
So called because workers return to the town to go home and sleep.
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dormitory town. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormitory%20town
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dormitory town,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormitory%20town.
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