hall
hall
noun
/hɔːl/
1 (also hallway especially in British English)
(North American English also entry)
a space or passage inside the entrance or front door of a building
in a hall Her brother was standing in the front hall.
She ran into the hall and up the stairs.
see also entrance hall
Topics Houses and homes A2
Collocations
adjective
entranceentryfront…
hall + verb
lead to
preposition
across the hallalong the hallat the end of the hall…
2 (also hallway) (North American English) a passage in a building with rooms down either side
synonym corridor
down the hall I headed for Scott's office down the hall.
across the hall the room across the hall
3 a building or large room for public meetings, meals, concerts, etc.
a concert/sports hall
a banqueting/conference hall
an exhibition hall
There are three dining halls on campus.
the Royal Albert Hall
in a hall The next meeting is in the community hall on Tuesday.
(British English) A jumble sale will be held in the village hall on Saturday.
More than 200 members of the public packed the main hall at the community centre.
Our voices echoed round the huge bare hall.
The strains of the national anthem filled the hall.
at dinner in the mess hall
It's important for a concert hall to have good acoustics.
Our stand is located in the main exhibition hall.
see also city hall, dance hall, food hall, guildhall, lecture hall, medical hall, music hall, study hall, town hall
TOPICS Buildings B1
TOPICS Education B1
Collocations
adjective
cavernoushugespacious…
verb + hall
crowdcrowd intofill…
preposition
in the hallinto the hallthrough the hall…
phrases
hall of residence
4 ​(also hall of residence) (also (North American English also)dorm, dormitory, residence hall) a building for university or college students to live in
in hall(s) She's living in hall(s).
5 ​(British English) (often as part of a name) a large country house
Haddon Hall
Berrington Hall was built in the late 18th century.
Word Origin
Old English hall, heall (originally denoting a roofed space, located centrally, for the communal use of a tribal chief and his people); of Germanic origin and related to German Halle, Dutch hall, also to Norwegian and Swedish hall.