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hall (hôl)

noun

  1. Obsolete
    1. the great central room in the dwelling of a king or chieftain, where banquets, games, etc. were held
    2. the dwelling itself
  2. the main dwelling on the estate of a baron, squire, etc.
  3. a building containing public offices or the headquarters of an organization, for transacting business, holding meetings, etc.
  4. a large public or semipublic room for gatherings, entertainments, etc.
  5. a college dormitory, classroom building, eating center, etc.
  6. a passageway or room between the entrance and the interior of a building; vestibule, foyer, or lobby
  7. a passageway or area onto which rooms open

Etymology: ME halle < OE heall (akin to Ger halle), lit., that which is covered < base of helan, to cover < IE base *kel-, to cover > hell, L celare, to conceal

Hall definition

Hall (hôl)

  1. Hall, Charles Martin 1863-1914; U.S. chemist: discovered electrolytic process for reducing aluminum from bauxite
  2. Hall, G(ranville) Stanley 1844-1924; U.S. psychologist & educator

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hall Synonyms

hall

n.

  1. A large public or semipublic building or room

    legislative chamber, assembly room, assembly, meeting place, banquet hall, town hall, concert hall, dance hall, music hall, arena, ballroom, clubroom, church, lyceum, exchange, drawing room, salon, refectory, lounge, bourse, chamber, mart, stateroom, gymnasium, dining hall, armory, amphitheater, sala (Spanish), rotunda, council chamber, reception room, waiting room, lecture room, gallery, casino, gym*, mess hall*; see also auditorium, building 1, room 2, theater 1.

  2. An entrance way

    vestibule, passage, lobby, foyer, gallery, anteroom, propylaeum, corridor, hallway, pass, entry; see also entrance 2, room 2.

  3. Rural seat of a titled person

    manor, manor house, country estate; see castle, estate 1.


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hall Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cater: It feels so strange to me not to know what I'm eating in the catered halls I now call home.

Adjective modifier

  • hallowed: The hallowed halls paid by employers as they are.

Preposition: of

  • residence: Halls of residence are within walking distance of the campus.

Possessives

  • binion: Before losing on monday binion's gambling hall playing next to host of a. Have only fueled in an april brand names.

Preposition: of

  • fame: That it found its way into the professional ' hall of fame ' is perhaps more than the designer could ever have hoped for.

Preposition: with

  • staircase: Accommodation Ground floor: Entrance hall with main staircase.
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hall quotes

Her cabined ample Spirit, It fluttered and failed for breath. Tonight it doth inherit The vasty hall of death.

-Arnold, Matthew

Talis, inquiens, mihi videtur, rex, vita hominum praesens in terris, ad comparationem eius, quod nobis incertum est, temporis, quale cum te residente, ad caenam cum ducibus ac ministris tuis tempore brumale†adveniens unus passerum domum citissime, pervolaverit; qui cum per unum ostium ingrediens, mox per aliud exierit. Ipso quidem tempore, quo intus est, hiemis tempestate non tangitur, sed tamen parvissimo spatio serenitatis ad momentum excurso, mox de hieme in hiemem regrediens, tuis oculis elabitur. Ita haec vita hominum ad modicum apparet; quid autem sequatur, quidve praecesserit, prorsus ignoramus. 'Such,' he said,'O King, seems to me the present life of menon earth, incomparisonwiththattimewhichtousis uncertain, as if when on a winter's night you sit feasting with your ealdormen and thegnsöa single sparrow should flyswiftly intothehall, and coming inat one door, instantly flyoutthrough another.Inthattime inwhichit is indoorsit isindeed nottouched by thefuryofthewinter, and yet, this smallest space of calmness being passed almost in a flash, from winter going into winter again, it is lost to your eyes. Somewhat like this appears the life of man; but of what follows or what went before, we are utterly ignorant.'

-Bede known as  'theVenerable'

As a rule Corde avoided cemeteries and never went near thegravesof hisparents.Hesaidit wasjustaseasy for your dead tovisit you, only by now he would haveto hire a hall.

-Bellow, Saul

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