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hall (oh)



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1 ?entrance?
2 ?corridor?
3 ?public building?
4 ?for students?
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[Language: Old English; Origin: heall]
?ENTRANCE?
the area just inside the door of a house or other building, that leads to other rooms
-synonym hallway hallway
in the hall
　We hung our coats in a cupboard in the hall.
　a huge tiled entrance hall
?CORRIDOR?
a passage in a building or house that leads to many of the rooms
-synonym corridor corridor, hallway hallway
　Each floor had ten rooms on both sides of the hall.
?PUBLIC BUILDING?
a building or large room for public events such as meetings or dances
sports/exhibition/banqueting etc hall
　The school has a new sports hall.
　Five hundred people filled the lecture hall.
church/village hall
(=used by people who live in a place)
　A coffee morning is to be held in the village hall.
　a concert at Carnegie Hall
-see also city hall (2), concert hall , dance hall , music hall (2), town hall
?FOR STUDENTS?
especially BrE a college or university building where students live
-synonym hall of residence hall of residence
American Equivalent: dormin hall
　For a brief time they had shared a room in hall.