residence hall

noun

formal, US
: a place where students live at a college or university

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Ehlers cooked at Castilian for 11 years and had been working at the Jester residence hall at UT for the last three while also running Wee's. Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Listen to this article Public financing is falling into place to build a residence hall for students at the regional campus of the University of Connecticut in downtown Hartford, which is expected to open in the fall of 2026. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025 The university, which closed on a two-acre site at 12th Street and Auraria Parkway on Thursday, is spending $117 million on the Summit House project, a 12-story mixed-use residence hall. Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 June 2025 The Hartford made the gift to the UConn Foundation to help offset the cost of room and board for qualifying students in a $28 million residence hall on Pratt Street. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for residence hall

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“Residence hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/residence%20hall. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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