Definition of hall Hall

/hɔˈl/ - [hol] - hall

We found 31 definitions of hall from 6 different sources.

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: halls

hall - a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"
  room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
  beer hall a hall or barroom featuring beer and (usually) entertainment
  concert hall a hall where concerts are given
  exhibition area, exhibition hall a large hall for holding exhibitions
  floor the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"
hall - a large building for meetings or entertainment
  edifice, building a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
  city hall a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government
  guildhall the hall of a guild or corporation
hall - a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"
hall - United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
  Asaph Hall
hall - United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
  Charles Francis Hall
hall - United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
  Charles Martin Hall
hall - United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
  G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hall
hall - English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
  Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall
hall - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall"
  hallway
  corridor an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
  ceiling the overhead upper surface of a covered space; "he hated painting the ceiling"
  concourse a coming together of people
  flooring, floor building material used in laying floors
hall - a large and imposing house
  mansion, mansion house, manse, residence
  house play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house"
  manor house, manor the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
  manor hall, hall the large room of a manor or castle
  castle, palace interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
hall - a large entrance or reception room or area
  anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule
  room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
  edifice, building a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
hall - a college or university building containing living quarters for students
  dormitory, dorm, residence hall, student residence
  living quarters, quarters housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters"
  edifice, building a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
hall - the large room of a manor or castle
  manor hall
  room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • hall (Noun)
    A corridor; a hallway.
  • hall (Noun)
    A meeting room .
  • hall (Noun)
    A manor house originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion.
  • hall (Noun)
    A building providing student accommodation at a university.
  • hall (Noun)
    The principal room of a secular medieval building.
  • hall (Noun)
    Cleared passageway through a crowd.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • hall (n.)
    A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
  • hall (n.)
    The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
  • hall (n.)
    A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.
  • hall (n.)
    Any corridor or passage in a building.
  • hall (n.)
    A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
  • hall (n.)
    A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
  • hall (n.)
    The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
  • hall (n.)
    Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • hall
    A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it.
  • hall
    Large room or building in which meetings, events and other activities can take place.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • hall
    hawl, n. a large room or passage at the entrance of a house: a large chamber for public business—for meetings, or for the sale of particular goods: an edifice in which courts of justice are held: a manor-house: the main building of a college, and in some cases, as at Oxford and Cambridge, the specific name of a college itself: an unendowed college: a licensed residence for students: the great room in which the students dine together—hence also the dinner itself: a place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licenses, as a Divinity Hall, Apothecaries' Hall.—ns. Hall′age, toll paid for goods sold in a hall; Hall′-door, the front door of a house.—A hall! a hall! a cry at a mask or the like for room for the dance, &c.; Bachelor's hall, a place free from the restraining presence of a wife; Liberty hall, a place where every one can do as he pleases. [A.S. heall; Dut. hal, Ice. holl, &c.]

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  • hall, noun, singular of halls.

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