study hall

American  

noun

study halls plural

1. (in some schools) a room used solely or chiefly for studying.

2. a period of time in a school day, set aside for study and doing homework, usually under the supervision of a teacher and in a room designated for this purpose.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• study halls
  plural

Etymology

Origin of study hall

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

study hall

When Nancy moved a few years later from Youngstown, Ohio, where they met, the two began writing letters almost daily in study hall and at home, draped across their beds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

Instead of getting him his own therapist, the social worker pulled him out of study hall when she could — about once a month — for “check-ins,” according to Deneffy.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

“We’d be in study hall in the library at school, and we’d play Wikiracing on the school computers,” Payravi said.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2023

"Whether it's going to mandatory breakfast meetings, going to workouts, going to class, going to study hall, going to meet with advisers, going to do extra work, everything is scripted," he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023

At night, our cell block seemed more like a study hall than a prison.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela