Topic: BUILDINGS
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | heall |
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hall S1 W2
[countable]
[countable]1DH the area just inside the door of a house or other building, that leads to other rooms [= hallway]
entrance
2TBB a passage in a building or house that leads to many of the rooms [= corridor, hallway]: Each floor had ten rooms on both sides of the hall.
corridor
Each floor had ten rooms on both sides of the hall.3TBB a building or large room for public events such as meetings or dances a concert at Carnegie Hall ➔ city hall (2), concert hall, dance hall, music hall (2), town hall
public building
sports/exhibition/banqueting etc hall The school has a new sports hall. Five hundred people filled the lecture 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 coffee morning is to be held in the village hall.a concert at Carnegie Hall4 a college or university building where students live [= hall of residence; = dorm AmE]
