residence hall

Questions about residence hall

What does residence hall mean?

residence hall means "a college or university building containing living quarters for students".

What is another word for residence hall?

Close synonyms include dormitory, dorm, hall, student residence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is residence hall a common word?

residence hall is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.