hall
noun
[ hɔːl ]
• the room or space just inside the front entrance of a house or flat.
Similar:
entrance hall,
hallway,
entry,
entrance,
lobby,
foyer,
vestibule,
reception area,
atrium,
concourse,
passageway,
passage,
corridor,
entryway,
• a building or large room used for meetings, concerts, or other events.
• "the village hall"
Similar:
assembly hall,
assembly room,
meeting room,
large public room,
chamber,
conference hall,
lecture room,
theatre,
concert hall,
auditorium,
dance hall,
church hall,
village hall,
town hall,
guildhall,
• a large room in a mansion or palace used for receptions and banquets.
• a university building containing rooms for students to live in.
• "for a brief time they had shared a room in hall"
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 hal, also to Norwegian and Swedish hall .
