Hall

Hall  (hôl), Charles Francis 1821-1871.

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

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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.

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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.

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[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.

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hall

Noun

1. an entry area to other rooms in a house

2. a building or room for public meetings, dances, etc.

3. a residential building in a college or university

4. Brit a great house of an estate; manor

5. a large dining room in a college or university

6. the large room of a castle or stately home [Old English heall]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hall - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall" hallway 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.	hall - a large entrance or reception room or area antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule 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.	hall - a college or university building containing living quarters for students dorm, dormitory, residence hall, student residence 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.	hall - the large room of a manor or castle manor hall 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) Marguerite Radclyffe Hall, Radclyffe Hall
	7.	Hall - United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924) G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hall
	8.	Hall - United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914) Charles Martin Hall
	9.	Hall - United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871) Charles Francis Hall
	10.	Hall - United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907) Asaph Hall
	11.	hall - a large and imposing house           manse, mansion house, mansion, residence 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

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hall

noun 1. passage, lobby, corridor, hallway, foyer, entry, passageway, entrance hall, vestibule

noun 2. meeting place, chamber, auditorium, concert hall, assembly room

Translations

hall [hɔːl] n (for concerts) → sala (= entrance way); entrada, vestíbulo

hall [hɔːl] n → salle f (= entrance way) (big) → hall m;

(small) → entrée f;

(US) (= corridor); couloir m (= mansion); château m, manoir m

hall [hɔːl] n → Diele f, (Haus)flur m;

(corridor) → Korridor m, Flur m;

(mansion) → Herrensitz m, Herrenhaus nt;

(for concerts etc) → Halle f;

to live in hall (Brit) → im Wohnheim wohnen

hall [hɔːl] n → sala, salone m (= entrance way); entrata (= corridor); corridoio (= mansion); grande villa, maniero;

hall of residence n (BRIT) → casa dello studente

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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 eteishalli entrée פְּרוֹזדוֹר כְּנִיסָה बड़ा कमरा, प्रधान कक्ष predsoblje, hodnik előszoba, hall asrama mahasiswa forstofa, hol atrio 玄関 현관 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 门厅

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 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 会堂

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 rotušė, miesto savivaldybė administratīvā ēka dewan gemeentehuis rådhus, offentlig bygning ratusz edifício público primărie административное здание radnica magistrat većnica []hus ห้องประชุม konak 辦公大樓 будинок громадського характеру شہر کے سرکاری اور اداری کام کاج کی عمارت toà thị chính 办公大楼

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 복도 koridorius koridors; gaitenis koridor gang gang korytarz corredor coridor коридор chodba hodnik hodnik korridor ระเบียงหรือทางเดินในตึก koridor 過道,走廊 коридор کسی عمارت کی غلام گردش یا راہداری hành lang 过道,走廊

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 기숙사 (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 學生宿舍 університетський гуртожиток یونیورسٹی میں طلبہ کی اقامت گاہ ký túc xá 学生宿舍

n ˈhallmark

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) 보증 마크 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 (證明金銀純度的)檢驗印記 пробірне клеймо, проба کھرا ہونے کی تصدیق کا ٹھپا لگانا dấu xác nhận tiêu chuẩn vàng bạc （证明金银纯度的）检验印记

n ˈhallway

a hall or passage. gang مَمَر، مَمْشى вестибюл předsíň, chodba hall; entré der Flur διάδρομος vestíbulo eeskoda, koridor راهرو؛ سرسرا eteishalli, 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，過道 коридор; передпокій پیش کمرہ یا راہداری جس میں دروازے سے داخل ہوں phòng đợi; hành lang 门厅过道