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Hall

noun

1.

An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open. Synonym: hallway.

2.

A large entrance or reception room or area. Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule.

3.

A large room for gatherings or entertainment. "Pool hall"

4.

A college or university building containing living quarters for students. Synonyms: dorm, dormitory, residence hall, student residence.

5.

The large room of a manor or castle. Synonym: manor hall.

6.

English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943). Synonyms: Marguerite Radclyffe Hall, Radclyffe Hall.

7.

United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924). Synonyms: G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hall.

8.

United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914). Synonym: Charles Martin Hall.

9.

United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871). Synonym: Charles Francis Hall.

10.

United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907). Synonym: Asaph Hall.

11.

A large and imposing house. Synonyms: manse, mansion, mansion house, residence.

12.

A large building used by a college or university for teaching or research.

13.

A large building for meetings or entertainment.

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"Hall" Quotes from Famous Books

... is the hall of their island home two years later. This sturdy log-house is no mere extension of the hut we have seen in process of erection, but has been built a mile or less to the west of it, on higher ground ...

— The Admirable Crichton • J. M. Barrie

... he went to his room. He lighted the oil lamp, pulled down the window shade, sat down in a chair to one side of the door to wait. An hour passed with no sound save occasional footfalls in the hall and the drone of the ...

— The Coyote - A Western Story • James Roberts

... the bottom of the hall, full of a whitish vapour on which the torches cast red spots, three Barbarians were thrust forward: a Samnite, ...

— Salammbo • Gustave Flaubert

... himself: "The king sits upon his throne, and is honoured by a warrior race, and the warrior exults in the trophies he has won; the step of the huntsman is bold upon the mountain-top, and his name is sung at night round the pine-fires by the lips of the bard; and the bard himself hath honour in the hall. But I, who belong not to the race of kings, and whose limbs can bound not to the rapture of war, nor scale the eyries of the eagle and the haunts of the swift stag; whose hand cannot string the harp, and whose voice is harsh in the song,—I ...

— The Pilgrims Of The Rhine • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... brought him to the brow of the cliff on which stood the forlorn and wind-swept house where John Manning lay. An unkempt and hideous old crone as black as night opened the door for him. He left in the hall his hat and overcoat and a little square box he had brought in his hand; and then he followed the ebony hag up-stairs to Colonel Manning's room. Here at the door she left him, after giving a sharp knock. A weak ...

— Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 • Various

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