hall

noun

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Definition of hall

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1a : the castle or house of a medieval king or noble

b : the chief living room in such a structure

2 : the manor house of a landed proprietor

3 : a large usually imposing building for public or semipublic purposes

4a(1) : a building used by a college or university for some special purpose

(2) : dormitory

b : a college or a division of a college at some universities

c(1) : the common dining room of an English college

(2) : a meal served there

5a : the entrance room of a building : lobby

b : a corridor or passage in a building

6 : a large room for assembly : auditorium

7 : a place used for public entertainment

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Charles Francis 1821–1871 American arctic explorer

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Charles Martin 1863–1914 American chemist and manufacturer

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G(ranville) Stanley 1844–1924 American psychologist and educator

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James Norman 1887–1951 American novelist

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Jeffrey C(onnor) 1945– American biologist

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John L(ewis) 1934– American physicist

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Noun

The bathroom is down the hall. Her office is at the end of the hall. I'll meet you in the front hall. The front door opens onto a large hall. We rented a hall for the wedding reception.

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The rest is empty space that will someday host a coffee shop and food hall. — Angela Chen, The Verge, "Weed and luxury in Las Vegas," 15 Nov. 2018 The breakout offering, though, has to be the food hall, called The Galley, which will have a bakery, taco bar, panini shop, sushi spot, and a 24-hour American-style diner. — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "We Can't Handle How Good the Food Will Be on Virgin Voyages," 7 Nov. 2018 The Mountain Village’s central dining area, now a cafeteria, is set to become a food hall with sushi, ramen and wood-fire pizza stations. — Candace Jackson, WSJ, "A Secluded Ski Destination Gets a Luxury Home Lift," 1 Nov. 2018 The food hall includes a poke bar, an organic chicken sandwich counter, a wine bar and a Malaysian restaurant. — Nellie Bowles, The Seattle Times, "San Francisco officials to tech workers: Leave the office, buy your lunch," 31 July 2018 Also, the sit-down restaurants inside the new food hall in Brickell, La Centrale, will also offer Spice. — Carlos Frías, miamiherald, "Miami Spice 2018 menus are out and your diet is officially over," 6 July 2018 The new food hall is eerily empty as vendors meet behind counters and a handful of guests work on laptops. — Ashley Day, USA TODAY, "New Orleans has two new food halls," 21 June 2018 Pythian is the latest food hall to open in New Orleans. — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, "Pythian Market dishes out food from around the world: Opening alert," 1 June 2018 Then there was -- the door was never completely closed to the hall. — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, "Brett Kavanaugh, Trump and what the Starr Report says about impeachment, annotated," 11 July 2018

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