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Hall
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Hall  (hôl), Charles Francis 1821-1871.
American explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1860-1862, 1864-1869, and 1871).

Hall, Granville Stanley 1844-1924.
American psychologist who established an experimental psychology laboratory at Johns Hopkins University (1882), founded child psychology, and profoundly influenced educational psychology.

Hall, (Marguerite) Radclyffe 1886?-1943.
British writer whose novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) was originally banned as obscene in Great Britain and the United States.

hall  (hôl)
n.
1. A corridor or passageway in a building.
2. A large entrance room or vestibule in a building; a lobby.
3.
a. A building for public gatherings or entertainments.
b. The large room in which such events are held.
4. A building used for the meetings, entertainments, or living quarters of a fraternity, sorority, church, or other social or religious organization.
5.
a. A building belonging to a school, college, or university that provides classroom, dormitory, or dining facilities.
b. A large room in such a building.
c. The group of students using such a building: The entire hall stayed up late studying.
d. Chiefly British A meal served in such a building.
6. The main house on a landed estate.
7.
a. The castle or house of a medieval monarch or noble.
b. The principal room in such a castle or house, used for dining, entertaining, and sleeping.

[Middle English halle, large residence, from Old English heall; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
Word History: The halls of academe and city hall remind us that what we commonly mean by the word hall, "a passageway, an entrance room," represents a shrunken version of what hall once commonly designated. Going back to the Indo-European root *kel-, "to cover," the Old English word heall, ancestor of our hall, referred to "a large place covered by a roof, whether a royal residence, official building, large private residence, or large room in a residence where the public life of the household is carried on." These senses and related ones are still in use, as attested by compounds such as music hall and study hall. Our common use of the term hall for a vestibule or a corridor harks back to medieval times when the hall was the main public room of a residence and people lived much less privately than now. As private rooms in houses took on the importance they have today, the hall lost its function. Hall also had come to mean any large room, and the vestibule was at one time one of the main sitting rooms in a house, but this sort of room has largely disappeared also, and hall has become the designation for the small vestibule of today as well as for an entrance passage or any passageway.

hall [hɔːl]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a room serving as an entry area within a house or building
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (sometimes capital) a building for public meetings
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (often capital) the great house of an estate; manor
4. (Social Science / Education) a large building or room used for assemblies, worship, concerts, dances, etc.
5. (Social Science / Education) a residential building, esp in a university; hall of residence
6. (Social Science / Education)
a.  a large room, esp for dining, in a college or university
b.  a meal eaten in this room
7. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the large room of a house, castle, etc.
8. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) US and Canadian a passage or corridor into which rooms open
9. (Performing Arts / Theatre) (often plural) Informal short for music hall
[Old English heall; related to Old Norse höll, Old High German halla hall, Latin cela cell1, Old Irish cuile cellar, Sanskrit śālā hut; see hell]

Hall [hɔːl]
n
1. (Biographies / Hall, Charles Martin (1863-1914) M, US, SCIENCE: chemist) Charles Martin. 1863-1914, US chemist: discovered the electrolytic process for producing aluminium
2. (Biographies / Hall, Sir John (1824-1907) M, New Zealandnational of birth: English, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Sir John. 1824-1907, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1879-82)
3. (Biographies / Hall, Sir Peter (1930 M, English, THEATRE: stage director) Sir Peter. born 1930, English stage director: director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (1960-73) and of the National Theatre (1973-88)
4. (Biographies / Hall, (Margueritte) Radclyffe (1883-1943) M, British, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: poet) (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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Hallhall - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall"
ceiling - the overhead upper surface of a covered space; "he hated painting the ceiling"
concourse - a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
corridor - an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
floor, flooring - the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"
wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
2.Hallhall - a large entrance or reception room or area
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
narthex - a vestibule leading to the nave of a church
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
3.hall - a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"
beer hall - a hall or barroom featuring beer and (usually) entertainment
concert hall - a hall where concerts are given
exhibition area, exhibition hall - a large hall for holding exhibitions
floor - the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"
great hall - the principal hall in a castle or mansion; can be used for dining or entertainment
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
4.Hallhall - a college or university building containing living quarters for students
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
hall of residence - a university dormitory
living quarters, quarters - housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters"
5.Hallhall - the large room of a manor or castle
manse, mansion house, mansion, residence, hall - a large and imposing house
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
6.Hall - English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
7.HallHall - United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
8.Hall - United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
9.Hall - United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
10.Hall - United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
11.Hallhall - a large and imposing house          
house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
manor, manor house - the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
manor hall, hall - the large room of a manor or castle
castle, palace - a large and stately mansion
stately home - a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family
12.hall - a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
13.hall - a large building for meetings or entertainment
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
city hall - a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government
guildhall - the hall of a guild or corporation
lyceum - a public hall for lectures and concerts

hall
noun
1. passage, lobby, corridor, hallway, foyer, entry, passageway, entrance hall, vestibule The lights were on in the hall and in the bedroom.
2. meeting place, chamber, auditorium, concert hall, assembly room We filed into the lecture hall.
Translations
hall [hɔːl]
A. N
1. (= entrance hall) → hall m, entrada f; (= foyer) → vestíbulo m (US) (= passage) → pasillo m
2. (= large room, building) → sala f
concert hallsala f de conciertos
dance hallsalón m de baile
church hallsala f parroquial
see also village
3. (= mansion) → casa f solariega
4. (Brit) (Univ) (= central hall) → paraninfo m (also hall of residence) → residencia f, colegio m mayor
B. CPD hall porter N (Brit) → portero/a m/f, conserje mf
hall stand Nperchero m

hall [ˈhɔːl]
n
(for public events)salle f city hall, town hall, concert hall, village hall, sports hall, conference hall
(= entrance way) [house, flat] → entrée f entrance hall
(mainly US) (= corridor) → couloir m
(= mansion) → château m, manoir m
(university accommodation) to live in hall (British) to live in a hall (US)habiter en résidence universitaire

hall
n
(= entrance hall of house)Diele f, → Korridor m
(= large building)Halle f; (= large room)Saal m; (Brit: of college) → Speisesaal m; (Brit: = college mealtime) → Essen nt; (= dance hall)Tanzdiele f; (= village hall)Gemeindehalle f, → Gemeindehaus nt; (= school assembly hall)Aula f; he will join the hall of fame of … (fig)er wird in die Geschichte des … eingehen, er wird in die Ruhmeshalle des … aufgenommen (liter)
(= mansion)Herrensitz m, → Herrenhaus nt; (Brit: = students’ residence: also hall of residence) → Studenten(wohn)heim nt; to live or be in hall (Brit) → im Wohnheim wohnen; Ruskin hallHaus Ruskin nt
(US: = corridor) → Korridor m, → Gang m

hall:
hall porter
nPortier m
hall stand
n(Flur)garderobe f; (tree-like) → Garderobenständer m

hall [hɔːl] n
a. (entrance hall) → ingresso, entrata (Am) (passage) → corridoio
b. (large room) → salone m, sala
church hall → sala dell'oratorio
c. (mansion) → palazzo, maniero, grande villa (Brit) (Univ) (also hall of residence) → casa dello studente

hall [hɔːl] n
a. (entrance hall) → ingresso, entrata (Am) (passage) → corridoio
b. (large room) → salone m, sala
church hall → sala dell'oratorio
c. (mansion) → palazzo, maniero, grande villa (Brit) (Univ) (also hall of residence) → casa dello studente

hall
n hall [hoːl]
1 a room or passage at the entrance to a house We left our coats in the hall. voorportaal غُرفَة المَدْخَل зала hala entré; hall die Diele προθάλαμος, χώρος υποδοχής vestíbulo, entrada eesruum سرسرا eteinen entrée פְּרוֹזדוֹר כְּנִיסָה बड़ा कमरा, प्रधान कक्ष predsoblje, hodnik előszoba, hall asrama mahasiswa forstofa, hol atrio 玄関 입구의 홀 prieškambaris vestibils; priekštelpa ruang depan hal, vestibule entré, hall, vestibyle hall, korytarz, przedpokój hall da entrada hol холл hala predsoba predsoblje hall ทางเดินจากประตูหน้าไปยังบ้าน hol, sofa 門廳 хол, передпокій راہداری phòng đợi
2 (a building with) a large public room, used for concerts, meetings etc a community hall. saal قاعَه اسْتِقبال أو إحْتِفالات зала hala, sál sal; forsamlingshus die Halle αίθουσα (εκδηλώσεων) sala saal تالار sali salle אוּלָם सभा-भवन dom (kulture) (nagy)terem balai (veislu-/tónleika)salur sala 会館 강당, 회관 salė zāle dewan hal sal sala átrio sală зал sála dvorana dvorana sal, samlingslokal, konserthus หอประชุม salon 會堂 зала کسی پیشہ ورانہ انجمن کی عمارت hội trường
3 a building with offices where the administration of a town etc is carried out a town hall; (American) the city hall. stadsaal دار البَلَديَّه община radnice rådhus das -Gebäude δημαρχιακό μέγαρο ayuntamiento raekoda ساختمان شهرداري kaupungintalo hôtel de ville בֵּית הָעִירִייָה प्रवेश द्वारा gradska vijecnica városháza balai opinber bygging municipio 役所 사무소, 본부 rotušė, miesto savivaldybė administratīvā ēka dewan gemeentehuis rådhus, offentlig bygning ratusz edifício público primărie административное здание radnica magistrat većnica []hus ห้องประชุม konak 市政廳,公所 будинок громадського характеру شہر کے سرکاری اور اداری کام کاج کی عمارت toà thị chính
4 (American) a passageway through a building; a corridor. gang مَدْخَل коридор pasáž gang der Flur διάδρομος pasillo, corredor koridor راهرو käytävä corridor פּרוֹזדוֹר गलियारा hodnik folyosó lorong gangur corridoio 廊下 현관, (건물의) 복도 koridorius koridors; gaitenis koridor gang gang korytarz corredor coridor коридор chodba hodnik hodnik korridor ระเบียงหรือทางเดินในตึก koridor (美國)通道, 走廊 коридор کسی عمارت کی غلام گردش یا راہداری hành lang ,
5 a building of a university, college etc, especially one in which students etc live. koshuis, hostel بِنايَة في جامِعَة اوكُلِيَّه حَيث يَسكُن الطُّلاب общежитие kolej kollegium das Studienheim πανεπιστημιακό κτήριο residencia, colegio mayor ühiselamu خوابگاه دانشگاه opiskelija-asuntola pavillon מְעְוֹנוֹת סטוּדֶנטִים विश्वविद्यालय भवन studentski dom kollégium asrama mahasiswa (háskóla)garður, heimavist casa dello studente 大学の寮 단과 대학 (universiteto) pastatas, bendrabutis (studentu) kopmītne asrama studentenhuis universitetsbygning, studenthjem dom studencki residência cămin studenţesc здание общежития vysokoškolský internát študentski dom studentski dom studentbyggnad หอพักสำหรับนักศึกษา yatakhane 大專院校學生宿舍 університетський гуртожиток یونیورسٹی میں طلبہ کی اقامت گاہ ký túc xá 宿
n hallmark
a mark put on gold and silver articles to show the quality of the gold or silver. egtheidstempel دَمْغَه، سِمَه проба punc finhedsmærke der Feingehaltsstempel σφραγίδα ελέγχου, εγγύηση καλής ποιότητας για χρυσό ή ασήμι sello proovitempel مهر ضمانت tarkastusleima cachet de contrôle סִימָן הֶיכֵּר प्रमाणिक žig zlatarskog ceha, simbol (finomsági) próba cap, tanda gæðastimpill marchio di garanzia 純分検証極印 (금은 제품의) 순도 검증 각인(刻印) praba (cēlmetāla) raudze cap kempa waarmerk kontrollstempel (gull-/sølvmerke) stempel probierczy marca marcaj проба; пробирное клеймо punc zlatarski žig; znamenje žig kontrollstämpel ตราแสดงว่ามีมาตรฐานสูง ayar damgası 金銀純度證明標記 пробірне клеймо, проба کھرا ہونے کی تصدیق کا ٹھپا لگانا dấu xác nhận tiêu chuẩn vàng bạc
n hallway
a hall or passage. gang مَمَر، مَمْشى вестибюл předsíň, chodba hall; entré der Flur διάδρομος vestíbulo eeskoda, koridor راهرو؛ سرسرا käytävä vestibule, couloir פְּרוֹזדוֹר ड्योढ़ी hodnik hall lorong forstofa; gangur vestibolo, corridoio 玄関 복도 prieškambaris, koridorius gaitenis; priekštelpa laluan gang gang, korridor hall, korytarz corredor hol; culoar прихожая, коридор predsieň veža hol tambur, vestibul, korridor ห้องที่อยู่ด้านหน้าบ้านหรือตึกซึ่งมีประตูนำไปสู่ห้องอื่น hol 門廳,通道 коридор; передпокій پیش کمرہ یا راہداری جس میں دروازے سے داخل ہوں phòng đợi; hành lang

Hall قاعة předsíň entré Korridor προθάλαμος vestíbulo eteinen hall predvorje sala 入口の廊下 hal entré sala átrio, saguão зал samlingssal ห้องโถง salon đại sảnh 大厅


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