Hall

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1. Noun

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

2. Noun

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.

3. Noun

A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.

4. Noun

Any corridor or passage in a building.

5. Noun

A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.

6. Noun

A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).

7. Noun

The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.

8. Noun

Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.

9. Noun

a college or university building containing living quarters for students
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric

10. Noun

a large building for meetings or entertainment
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric

11. Noun

a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric

12. Noun

a large entrance or reception room or area
Vocabulary classified under Engineering

13. Noun

a large room for gatherings, receiving guests, or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"
Vocabulary classified under Engineering

14. Noun

the large room of a manor or castle
Vocabulary classified under Engineering

15. Noun

a large and imposing house
Vocabulary classified under Engineering

16. Noun

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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