residence hall

noun

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

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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 Just hours earlier, emergency crews responded to a separate call Tuesday evening at the Unit 3 residence hall complex, where a 21-year-old student died after falling from a building. Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 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 12 Jun. 2026.

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