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.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Once inside the Grand Place exhibition hall, patients will have their temperature checked. — Dallas News, "Bring ID, come early: Patients vaccinated at Fair Park share tips for people scheduled for shots," 3 Feb. 2021 Around 30 of them had gathered inside the hall over the summer, congregating around a single, unfinished column. — New York Times, "He Brought Moynihan Train Hall to Life, but Didn’t Live to See It," 15 Jan. 2021 Only a few people wore masks inside the convention hall Tuesday. — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, "Maskless young conservatives chant ‘four more years’ with Pence at West Palm Beach conference that flouts COVID-19 rules," 22 Dec. 2020 This year’s list featured Thattu, a Keralan restaurant inside a Chicago food hall. — Washington Post, "Media can make or break a food business, but to some, it feels like a pay-to-play system," 7 Nov. 2020 Scaman said the drop box has to be located inside village hall near the early voting booths as the county requested. — chicagotribune.com, "Polling place workers overcome technical glitches as hundreds vote early at Oak Park village hall," 20 Oct. 2020 Even inside the convention hall, things got heated: Dan Rather was famously punched in the stomach by security while trying to interview a Georgia delegate being escorted out of the building. — Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, "The True Story Behind The Trial of the Chicago 7," 17 Oct. 2020 Concerns also rose because the president's entourage at the first debate had violated rules requiring all parties inside the debate hall to wear masks, removing theirs even as the Biden team wore facial coverings. — Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, "Remaining presidential debates up in air," 9 Oct. 2020 Several members of the Trump family did not wear masks inside the debate hall during the first debate. — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, "Mike Pence vs Kamala Harris: Here's how to watch the vice presidential debate," 7 Oct. 2020

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