say it: rez-i-DEN-shuhl
residential is an adjective meaning "used or designed for residence or limited to residences". It carries 2 recorded senses.
used or designed for residence or limited to residences
“a residential hotel”
“a residential quarter”
“a residential college”
“residential zoning”
of or relating to or connected with residence
“a residential requirement for the doctorate”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for residential come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.