college

/ˈkɒlɪdʒ/ noun

Definition

EDUCATION [C, U] UK › a place where students are educated when they are between 16 and 18 years old, or after they have finished school: a sixth-form college a teacher-training college

UNIVERSITY [C, U] US › a university

PART OF UNIVERSITY [C] › a part of a university that has its own teachers and students: Cambridge/Oxford colleges → See also community college → See also junior college

(Definition of college noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)