residence hall

noun

formal, US

: a place where students live at a college or university

Examples of residence hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to a university spokesperson, campus police were called to an on-campus residence hall after receiving a report of a possible body. — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026

Macalester College will open a new 224-bed residence hall powered by geothermal and solar energy in 2027. — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026

Such establishments are expected to be attractive to college students — including those at the University of Connecticut residence hall on Pratt Street that will be occupied for the first time this fall — and younger tenants in downtown apartments. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026

Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts are looking for a man who is suspected of assaulting a student inside a Harvard University dorm Tuesday, and then entering an MIT residence hall without permission soon after. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 20 May 2026

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