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Definition of Residence hall
1. Noun. A college or university building containing living quarters for students.
Generic synonyms: Building, Edifice, Living Quarters, Quarters
Specialized synonyms: Hall Of Residence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Residence Hall
Literary usage of Residence hall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"He was also responsible for the increased facilities for research study and for
the erection of an elaborate new residence hall. ..."
2. Michiganensian by University of Michigan (1916)
"... residence hall The New Dormitories THE opening last fall of the two residence
halls for women inaugurates a new epoch in housing conditions for students ..."
3. ... Monographs on Education in the United States by Nicholas Murray Butler (1900)
"... no residence hall; access to Brown library; scientific laboratories of Brown
not available; very inadequate laboratory equipment; no productive funds; ..."