hall

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UK /hɔːl/ US /hɔl/

noun 6name 5

Collocations

(noun.) inside the front entrance of a house/building

ADJ

entrance | reception | narrow

dark, darkened, unlit

She felt nervous walking through the unlit hall late at night.

VERB + HALL

lead to

A narrow corridor led to the main hall where the concert was about to begin.

PREP

across the ~

My friend's bedroom is across the hall from mine in our apartment.

along the ~, at/to the end of the ~, down the ~

The bathroom is located at the end of the hall, next to the stairs.

in the ~

(noun.) building/large room

ADJ

cavernous, huge, spacious, vast | magnificent

bare

The school's bare hall needed new paint and decorations before the concert.

gloomy | cold, draughty | crowded, packed

main

The wedding reception took place in the main hall of the historic hotel.

VERB + HALL

crowd into, fill, pack

Hundreds of excited fans packed the hall for the concert last night.

PREP

in the ~, into the ~, through the ~

We waited in the hall for the doctor to call our names.

PHRASES

hall of residence

My brother stayed in a hall of residence during his university years.

Definitions

noun

A corridor; a hallway.

The drinking fountain was out in the hall.

We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.

A large meeting room.

The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.

A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).

The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.

But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendome, Kate of Kate-hall.

A building providing student accommodation at a university.

The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.

The principal room of a secular medieval building.

name

A surname.

A village in Gelderland, Netherlands.

A number of places in the United States:

noun

Hall class, a class of steam locomotive used on the GWR.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a large entrance or reception room or area

noun — a college or university building containing living quarters

noun — an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

hallway

noun — a large and imposing house

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

you can't fight City Hall

Nothing can be done to change the situation, because it is a governmental decision or a similarly institutional decision (e.g., high-level corporate, senior military brass, dominant cultural norm).

I see they're going to build the airport after all. I suppose you can't fight City Hall.

Example Bank

The drinking fountain was out in the hall.

Wiktionary

We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.

Wiktionary

The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.

Wiktionary

The excited audience ran into the concert hall.

Tatoeba · #18940

The student hall is for benefit of the students.

Tatoeba · #21355

The hall resounded with pealing bells.

Tatoeba · #22345

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, hall is marked as UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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