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RESIDENCE HALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does residence hall mean?
• RESIDENCE HALL (noun)
The noun RESIDENCE HALL has 1 sense:
1. a college or university building containing living quarters for students
Familiarity information: RESIDENCE HALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A college or university building containing living quarters for students
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
dorm; dormitory; hall; residence hall; student residence
Hypernyms ("residence hall" is a kind of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
living quarters; quarters (housing available for people to live in)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "residence hall"):
hall of residence (a university dormitory)
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