study hall

noun

|Updated on: 15 Aug 2018

Examples: study hall in a Sentence

Definition of study hall

1 : a room in a school set aside for study

2 : a period in a student's day set aside for study and homework

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Examples of study hall in a Sentence

I have study hall next period.
She got in trouble for talking in study hall.
My study hall starts at 11:04.

Recent Examples of study hall from the Web

This will include the removal of rear classrooms that exist inside former study hall space.

— jennifer johnson, chicagotribune.com, "Residents hear proposed building changes for Maine South, district-wide referendum plan," 3 May 2018
Llanas and Kurt Neumann first bonded over music in study hall at Waukesha South High School in 1977, and BoDeans started playing Milwaukee clubs in 1983.

— piet levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Sam Llanas' Summerfest show canceled, PR firm cuts ties following molestation accusations," 12 June 2018
Hours in the study hall were replaced with hours on the computer, the monitor facing the public dining room to keep me from clicking on pornography.

— eli reiter, Washington Post, "I was raised an Orthodox Jew. Then someone from Reddit sent me Stephen Hawking’s book.," 14 Mar. 2018
T wo hours of study hall each evening including homework sent by Laraine's teachers at Fontainebleau capped off the activities.

— rosalyn eason, NOLA.com, "Alexis Lavarine has a puncher's chance of getting to Tokyo Olympics in 2020," 25 Apr. 2018
Kyle had finished his work in a study hall and was watching friends play chess as the end of the school day neared.

— anne geggis, Houston Chronicle, "Wounded teen who put cops on trail of Parkland shooter returns to school," 5 Apr. 2018
On an upper floor, students lined the carpeted hallways, like an overnight study hall.

— clarence williams, Washington Post, "As turmoil continues at Howard University, its president tells students: ‘I am listening to you’," 30 Mar. 2018
Conner plans to reduce reliance on study halls and treat each school as a customer of the central office administrators.

— shawn r. beals, Courant Community, "Middletown Superintendent's Plan Focuses On Math Scores, Achievement Gap," 5 May 2018
So far this year, that commitment has looked like this: football practice from 7:45 to 10 a.m., classes 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., baseball practice or game in the late afternoon, followed by study hall.

— laken litman, Indianapolis Star, "Jeff Samardzija's advice to Cole Kmet, the next great dual-sport athlete at Notre Dame," 3 May 2018

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First Known Use of study hall

1813

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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STUDY HALL Defined for English Language Learners

study hall

noun

Definition of study hall for English Language Learners

: a time during the school day when a student is expected to go to a particular room in the school to study or to complete work assigned in other classes