hall
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a corridor or passageway in a building.
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the large entrance room of a house or building; vestibule; lobby.
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a large room or building for public gatherings; auditorium.
convention hall; concert hall.
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a large building for residence, instruction, or other purposes, at a college or university.
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a college at a university.
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(in English colleges)
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a large room in which the members and students dine.
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dinner in such a room.
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British. a mansion or large residence, especially one on a large estate.
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British Informal. music hall.
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the chief room in a medieval castle or similar structure, used for eating, sleeping, and entertaining.
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the castle, house, or similar structure of a medieval chieftain or noble.
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Southeastern U.S.: Older Use. the living room or family room of a house.
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Asaph 1829–1907, U.S. astronomer: discovered the satellites of Mars.
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Charles Francis, 1821–71, U.S. Arctic explorer.
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Charles Martin, 1863–1914, U.S. chemist, metallurgist, and manufacturer.
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Donald, 1928–2018, U.S. poet and editor.
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Granville Stanley, 1846–1924, U.S. psychologist and educator.
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James Norman, 1887–1951, U.S. novelist.
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(Marguerite) Radclyffe 1880–1943, English writer.
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Prince, 1748?–1807, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist, born in Barbados: may have fought at Bunker Hill.
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a room serving as an entry area within a house or building
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(sometimes capital) a building for public meetings
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(often capital) the great house of an estate; manor
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a large building or room used for assemblies, worship, concerts, dances, etc
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a residential building, esp in a university; hall of residence
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a large room, esp for dining, in a college or university
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a meal eaten in this room
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the large room of a house, castle, etc
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a passage or corridor into which rooms open
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informal (often plural) short for music hall
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Charles Martin. 1863–1914, US chemist: discovered the electrolytic process for producing aluminium
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Sir John. 1824–1907, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1879–82)
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Sir Peter. born 1930, English stage director: director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (1960–73) and of the National Theatre (1973–88)
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( Margueritte ) Radclyffe . 1883–1943, British novelist and poet. Her frank treatment of a lesbian theme in the novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) led to an obscenity trial
Other Word Forms
- subhall noun
Etymology
Origin of hall
before 900; Middle English; Old English heall; cognate with Old Norse hǫll, German Halle; akin to Old English helan to cover, hide, Latin cēlāre to hide ( conceal )
Example Sentences
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Forensics established that the confrontation began in the bedroom and moved into the hall.
From BBC
It included a mezzanine floor for VIPs that resembled an open-air symphony hall, and an even bigger LED screenscape to create a Vegas-like club experience.
“And so they did,” remembered Leah, “joyous sounds, all over the hall … It was like the return of long absent friends, whose value … we had not sufficiently appreciated.”
From Literature
The Federal Reserve’s literal halls of power have become a source of surprising interest in recent months due to a controversy over the institution’s office renovations in Washington.
She likes to tell the story of how, after she was treated for a concussion and a broken arm at a local hospital, she wandered the halls confused why nobody was trying to charge her.
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