Meanings
nounstudy hall (countable and uncountable, plural study halls)
plural study halls
- CanadaUScountableuncountableA class period, usually in boarding school or high school, where students are afforded the time for independent study and homework assignments, as part of the curriculum or after hours, the last notably as a punishment called detention.
He finished drafting his essay in study hall.
- CanadaUScountableuncountableThe classroom or other school hall used for such a purpose.
The supervising teacher's stern expression at the front of the drab study hall left little doubt that no nonsense would be tolerated there.
Translations
Bulgarian занималня
- занималня (zanimalnja)location
Dutch studiezaal
- studiezaallocation
Finnish itseopiskelujakso, lukusali
- itseopiskelujaksoclass period
- lukusalilocation
French heure d'étude, étude
- heure d'étudeclass period
- étudeclass period
- salle d'étudelocation
- étudelocation
German Verfügungsstunde
- Verfügungsstundeclass period
Irish halla staidéir, halla
- halla staidéirlocation
- hallalocation
Spanish hora de estudio, salón de estudios
- hora de estudioclass period
- salón de estudioslocation
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APA
study hall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/study%20hall
MLA
“study hall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/study%20hall. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “study hall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/study%20hall.
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