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hall of residence

British  

noun

  1. a residential block in or attached to a university, college, etc

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She was also heavily involved in a campaign to stop the University of Derby turning its now empty 274-room hall of residence in the town into dispersal accommodation for asylum seekers.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

There have been movie nights and a definite theme running through Old School, Step Brothers and Austin Powers; early-2000s university hall of residence.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2024

It was found to be coming from a university hall of residence and had been the result of an online gamer who had been "attacking another gamer to try and secure an advantage".

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2018

When Geordie answered their ad, he was lodging incognito with his girlfriend in the women's hall of residence at Trent College in Barnet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2013

For the convenience of young girls there is a hall of residence, which will accommodate about forty-six students, the head of which is a cultured English lady of wide experience.

From The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze by Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile