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Hall

noun

1.

An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open. Synonym: hallway.

2.

A large entrance or reception room or area. Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule.

3.

A large room for gatherings or entertainment. "Pool hall"

4.

A college or university building containing living quarters for students. Synonyms: dorm, dormitory, residence hall, student residence.

5.

The large room of a manor or castle. Synonym: manor hall.

6.

English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943). Synonyms: Marguerite Radclyffe Hall, Radclyffe Hall.

7.

United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924). Synonyms: G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hall.

8.

United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914). Synonym: Charles Martin Hall.

9.

United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871). Synonym: Charles Francis Hall.

10.

United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907). Synonym: Asaph Hall.

11.

A large and imposing house. Synonyms: manse, mansion, mansion house, residence.

12.

A large building used by a college or university for teaching or research.

13.

A large building for meetings or entertainment.

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"Hall" Quotes from Famous Books

... the House of Commons, who, "trembling slightly with emotion," declared the sitting suspended, needs in his business the calm of the late Fred Hall. While Mr. Hall was city editor of this journal of civilization an irate subscriber came in and mixed it with a reporter. Mr. Hall approached the pair, who were rolling on the floor, and, peering near-sightedly at ...

— The So-called Human Race • Bert Leston Taylor

... resolute to consult his friend on the obligations that he owed to his neighbors in general, and to Miss Milroy in particular, no Midwinter was to be seen. On making inquiry, it appeared that he had been observed in the hall; that he had taken from the table a letter which the morning's post had brought to him; and that he had gone back immediately to his own room. Allan at once ascended the stairs again, and knocked ...

— Armadale • Wilkie Collins

... high-living patrons from all over Europe; the Cafe Guerbois, near the rue de St. Petersburg, where Manet, the impressionist, after many vicissitudes, won fame for his paintings and held court for many years; the Chat Noir, on the rue Victor Masse at Montmartre, a blend of cafe and concert hall, which has since been imitated widely, both ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... fellows out on the sidewalk if I'd been Mrs. Hicks," laughed Morris. "I know that old lady—I used to stop with her myself when I was building the town hall—and she's good as gold. And now tell me how MacFarlane is getting on—building a railroad, isn't he? He told me about ...

— Peter - A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero • F. Hopkinson Smith

... succeeded in obtaining the entree to the St. Petersburg magazines; and while the Russian critics were at a loss how to regard the new genius, the public went wild. He visited the capital in 1899, and there was intense curiosity to see and to hear him. A great hall was engaged, and when he mounted the platform to read, the young people in the ...

— Essays on Russian Novelists • William Lyon Phelps

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