Definitions for hallhɔl

hallhɔl(n.)

a corridor or passageway in a building.
the large entrance room of a house or building; vestibule; lobby.
a large room or building for public gatherings; auditorium:
a concert hall.
a large building for residence, instruction, or other purposes at a college or university.
Category: Education
a college that is part of a university.
Category: Education
(in English colleges) a large room in which the members and students dine. dinner in such a room.
Category: British, Education
the chief room in a medieval castle or similar structure, used for eating, sleeping, and entertaining.
the castle, house, or similar structure of a medieval chieftain or noble.

bef. 900; ME; OE heall, c. OS, OHG halla, ON hǫll; akin to OE helan to cover, hide (see hull1

Hallhɔl(n.)

Charles Francis, 1821–71, U.S. Arctic explorer.
Category: Biography
Charles Martin, 1863–1914, U.S. chemist and metallurgist.
Category: Biography

hallway, hall(noun)
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
"the elevators were at the end of the hall"
anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule(noun)
a large entrance or reception room or area
hall(noun)
a large room for gatherings or entertainment
"lecture hall"; "pool hall"
dormitory, dorm, residence hall, hall, student residence(noun)
a college or university building containing living quarters for students
manor hall, hall(noun)
the large room of a manor or castle
Hall, Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall(noun)
English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
Hall, G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hall(noun)
United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
Hall, Charles Martin Hall(noun)
United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
Hall, Charles Francis Hall(noun)
United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
Hall, Asaph Hall(noun)
United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence(noun)
a large and imposing house
hall(noun)
a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research
"halls of learning"
hall(noun)
a large building for meetings or entertainment

hall(noun)ɔl
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
hallɔl
the open area just inside the door of a house
Take your shoes off in the hall.
hallɔl
a public building or room used regularly for events
a concert hall; a college dining hall

hall(Noun)
A corridor; a hallway.
The drinking fountain was out in the hall.
hall(Noun)
A meeting room.
The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.
hall(Noun)
A manor house.
The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.
hall(Noun)
A building providing student accommodation at a university.
The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.
hall(Noun)
The principal room of a secular medieval building.
Hall(ProperNoun)
for someone who lived in or near a hall.
Hall(ProperNoun)
of German origin for someone associated with a salt mine.
Hall(ProperNoun)
direct descendents of the Fitzwilliam line.

Hall(noun)
a building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London
Hall(noun)
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
Hall(noun)
a vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times
Hall(noun)
any corridor or passage in a building
Hall(noun)
a name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house
Hall(noun)
a college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college)
Hall(noun)
the apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock
Hall(noun)
cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation

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).