hallway

noun

hall·​way ˈhȯl-ˌwā How to pronounce hallway (audio)
1
: an entrance hall
2

Example Sentences

Her office is at the end of the hallway. I'll meet you in the front hallway.
Recent Examples on the Web Drone Home Media The secondary bedroom is at the end of the hallway and fills this side of the unit. John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023 If director Jay Roach made Peggy’s Palm Springs home look like a dream come true, with its airy hallways and jewel-like pool, Yucca Valley is apparently where dreams go to dry up. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023 After the man and woman move to the end of a hallway and open a door, Stallworth comes up behind them, appears to grab a gun from his waistband and shoots the man before running away. Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 11 May 2023 Beyond the front door entry is an ornate main hallway with high ceilings and a loggia with arched windows taking in whitewater views. Lauren Beale, Forbes, 4 May 2023 In the hallway outside the public advocate’s office in New York, on the 15th floor of the monumental David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building, a metal sign on the wall states that the office has walk-in hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Thursday. Alec Macgillis, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2023 Most inside the room were in favor of closing the libraries, but their opponents spilled into the hallway and out into the parking lot. Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023 Previous announcements had played in the hallways and other public areas, but not in the cabin directly. Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023 During the 2021 session, Johnson moved her desk into a hallway in the Cordell Hull legislative office building after she was assigned a small, windowless conference room as her office, while her assistant was assigned to a closet down the hall. Vivian Jones, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of hallway was in 1876

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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hallway. Accessed 30 May. 2023.

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hallway

noun
hall·​way ˈhȯl-ˌwā How to pronounce hallway (audio)
1
: an entrance hall
2

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