how to pronounce dorm

/ˈdɔːɹm/

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dorm is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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An example use of dorm in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… college to my dorm I was on the fourth …”

meaning of dorm

Dorm is a type of building where students live.

dorm frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word dorm occurs in english on average 3.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dorm can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dorm can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) transport and travel;