Hall (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a corridor or passageway in a building.
  2. the large entrance room of a house or building; vestibule; lobby.
  3. a large room or building for public gatherings; auditorium: convention hall; concert hall.
  4. a large building for residence, instruction, or other purposes, at a college or university.
  5. a college at a university.
  6. (in English colleges)
    • a large room in which the members and students dine.
    • dinner in such a room.
  7. a mansion or large residence, especially one on a large estate.
  8. music hall.
  9. the chief room in a medieval castle or similar structure, used for eating, sleeping, and entertaining.
  10. the castle, house, or similar structure of a medieval chieftain or noble.
  11. the living room or family room of a house.
noun
  1. U.S. astronomer: discovered the satellites of Mars.
  2. U.S. Arctic explorer.
  3. U.S. chemist, metallurgist, and manufacturer.
  4. U.S. poet and editor.
  5. U.S. psychologist and educator.
  6. U.S. novelist.
  7. English writer.
  8. U.S. clergyman and abolitionist, born in Barbados: may have fought at Bunker Hill.
noun
  1. a room serving as an entry area within a house or building
  2. a building for public meetings
  3. the great house of an estate; manor
  4. a large building or room used for assemblies, worship, concerts, dances, etc
  5. a residential building, esp in a university; hall of residence
    • a large room, esp for dining, in a college or university
    • a meal eaten in this room
  7. the large room of a house, castle, etc
  8. a passage or corridor into which rooms open
  9. (often plural) informal short for music hall
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  1. Charles Martin. 1863–1914, US chemist: discovered the electrolytic process for producing aluminium
  2. Sir John. 1824–1907, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1879–82)
  3. Sir Peter. born 1930, English stage director: director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (1960–73) and of the National Theatre (1973–88)
  4. (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
Hall (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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