9. hall the chief room in a medieval castle or similar structure, used for eating, sleeping, and entertaining.
10. hall the castle, house, or similar structure of a medieval chieftain or noble.
11. (n.)Hall Charles Francis, 1821–71, U.S. Arctic explorer.
12. Hall Charles Martin, 1863–1914, U.S. chemist and metallurgist.
Definition of 'HALL'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)hallway, hall an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open "the elevators were at the end of the hall"
2. (noun)anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule a large entrance or reception room or area
3. (noun)hall a large room for gatherings or entertainment "lecture hall"; "pool hall"
4. (noun)dormitory, dorm, residence hall, hall, student residence a college or university building containing living quarters for students
5. (noun)manor hall, hall the large room of a manor or castle
6. (noun)Hall, Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
7. (noun)Hall, G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hall United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
8. (noun)Hall, Charles Martin Hall United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
9. (noun)Hall, Charles Francis Hall United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
10. (noun)Hall, Asaph Hall United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
11. (noun)mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence a large and imposing house
12. (noun)hall a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research "halls of learning"
13. (noun)hall a large building for meetings or entertainment
1. (noun)hall a long narrow area of a building with doors along it I saw her in the hall outside the office.; two men walking down the hall
2. hall the open area just inside the door of a house Take your shoes off in the hall.
3. hall a public building or room used regularly for events a concert hall; a college dining hall
Definition of 'HALL'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)HALL a building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London
2. (noun)HALL the chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment
3. (noun)HALL a vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times
4. (noun)HALL any corridor or passage in a building
5. (noun)HALL a name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house
6. (noun)HALL a college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college)
7. (noun)HALL the apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock
8. (noun)HALL cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation
Definitions of 'HALL'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. HALL or Halle, Edward, English lawyer and historian, born in London; studied law at Gray's Inn; in 1540 he became one of the judges of the Sheriff's Court; his fame rests on his history "The Union of the Two Noble Families of Lancaster and Yorke," a work which sheds a flood of light on contemporary events, and is, moreover, a noble specimen of English prose (1499-1547).