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

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Etymology

Origin of study hall

First recorded in 1840–50

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

study hall

A rabbi was on his way home from a religious study hall in the heavily-Orthodox Pico-Robertson section of Los Angeles in late April when he said he noticed a van driving slowly behind him.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

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

Then we wandered out to the patio and through another door to a study hall, and then into a kitchen.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

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