Definitions for hall
hɔlhall

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. hallway, hallnoun

   an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

   "the elevators were at the end of the hall"

2. anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibulenoun

   a large entrance or reception room or area

3. hallnoun

   a large room for gatherings or entertainment

   "lecture hall"; "pool hall"

4. dormitory, dorm, residence hall, hall, student residencenoun

   a college or university building containing living quarters for students

5. manor hall, hallnoun

   the large room of a manor or castle

6. Hall, Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hallnoun

   English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)

7. Hall, G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hallnoun

   United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)

8. Hall, Charles Martin Hallnoun

   United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)

9. Hall, Charles Francis Hallnoun

   United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)

10. Hall, Asaph Hallnoun

    United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)

11. mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residencenoun

    a large and imposing house

12. hallnoun

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

    "halls of learning"

13. hallnoun

    a large building for meetings or entertainment

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hallnoun

   A corridor; a hallway.

   The drinking fountain was out in the hall.

2. hallnoun

   A meeting room.

   The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.

3. hallnoun

   A manor house.

   The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.

4. hallnoun

   A building providing student accommodation at a university.

   The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.

5. hallnoun

   The principal room of a secular medieval building.

6. Hallnoun

   for someone who lived in or near a hall.

7. Hallnoun

   of German origin for someone associated with a salt mine.

8. Hallnoun

   direct descendents of the Fitzwilliam line.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hallnoun

   Etymology: hal, Saxon; halle, Dutch.

   1. A court of justice.2. A manour-house so called, because in it were held courts for the tenants.

   Captain Sentry, my master’s nephew, has taken possession of the hall house, and the whole estate. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   3. The publick room of a corporation.

   With expedition on the beadle call,
   To summon all the company to the hall. Samuel Garth.

   4. The first large room of a house.

   That light we see is burning in my hall. William Shakespeare.

   Courtesy is sooner found in lowly sheds
   With smoky rafters, than in tap’stry halls
   And courts of princes. John Milton.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hall

   In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age and early Middle Ages in northern Europe, a mead hall was where a lord and his retainers ate and also slept. Later in the Middle Ages, the great hall was the largest room in castles and large houses, and where the servants usually slept. As more complex house plans developed, the hall remained a large room for dancing and large feasts, often still with servants sleeping there. It was usually immediately inside the main door. In modern British houses, an entrance hall next to the front door remains an indispensable feature, even if it is essentially merely a corridor. Today, the (entrance) hall of a house is the space next to the front door or vestibule leading to the rooms directly and/or indirectly. Where the hall inside the front door of a house is elongated, it may be called a passage, corridor (from Spanish corredor used in El Escorial and 100 years later in Castle Howard), or hallway.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hall

   A hall is typically referred to as a large room or corridor in a building that is used for public gatherings or events. It can also refer to the large entrance room of a house. In educational institutes, 'hall' could refer to a building or large room where students live or receive instruction. The term may vary in usage based on context and region.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hallnoun

   a building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London

2. Hallnoun

   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. Hallnoun

   a vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times

4. Hallnoun

   any corridor or passage in a building

5. Hallnoun

   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. Hallnoun

   a college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college)

7. Hallnoun

   the apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock

8. Hallnoun

   cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hall

   In architecture, a hall is fundamentally a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age, a mead hall was such a simple building and was the residence of a lord and his retainers. Later, rooms were partitioned from it, so that today the hall of a house is the space inside the front door through which the rooms are reached.... This: ⁕Deriving from the above, a hall is often the term used to designate a British or Irish country house such as a hall house, or specifically a Wealden hall house, and manor houses. ⁕In later medieval Europe, the main room of a castle or manor house was the great hall. ⁕Where the hall inside the front door of a house is elongated, it may be called a passage, corridor, or hallway. ⁕In a medieval building, the hall was where the fire was kept. With time, its functions as dormitory, kitchen, parlour and so on were divided off to separate rooms or, in the case of the kitchen, a separate building. ⁕The Hall and parlor house was found in England and was a fundamental, historical floor plan in parts of the United states from 1620 to 1860. On the same principle: ⁕Many buildings at colleges and universities are formally titled "_______ Hall", typically being named after the person who endowed it, for example, King's Hall, Cambridge. Others, such as Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, commemorate respected people. Between these in age, Nassau Hall at Princeton University began as the single building of the then college. In medieval origin, these were the halls in which the members of the university lived together during term time. In many cases, some aspect of this community remains.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hall

   hawl, n. a large room or passage at the entrance of a house: a large chamber for public business—for meetings, or for the sale of particular goods: an edifice in which courts of justice are held: a manor-house: the main building of a college, and in some cases, as at Oxford and Cambridge, the specific name of a college itself: an unendowed college: a licensed residence for students: the great room in which the students dine together—hence also the dinner itself: a place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licenses, as a Divinity Hall, Apothecaries' Hall.—ns. Hall′age, toll paid for goods sold in a hall; Hall′-door, the front door of a house.—A hall! a hall! a cry at a mask or the like for room for the dance, &c.; Bachelor's hall, a place free from the restraining presence of a wife; Liberty hall, a place where every one can do as he pleases. [A.S. heall; Dut. hal, Ice. holl, &c.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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).

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. halladjective

   A defined and specific space within a dwelling, house, property or form of housing

   When we are at the house we go into the hall and put our coats on the coat stand.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 18, 2020  

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   hall

   A type of building created and designed for a specific purpose in an education facility.

   Halls can be created in a university for student living accommodation or a as a food hall for students to gather for meals.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  

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   hall

   A type of building providing a just and sufficient amount of living space.

   The university halls of residence are very beautiful.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 3, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HALL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hall is ranked #45 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hall surname appeared 407,076 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 138 would have the surname Hall.
   
   72.6% or 295,741 total occurrences were White.
   21.5% or 87,888 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 9,159 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 9,037 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 2,646 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 2,605 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hall' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #851

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hall' in Written Corpus Frequency: #980

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hall' in Nouns Frequency: #350

How to pronounce hall?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say hall in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hall in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hall in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of hall in a Sentence

1. Anita Hill:

   We have been listening to presidential debates and I have been trying to keep track, but I haven't heard one question about gender violence posed to the candidates. That needs to be addressed, i think this is something that we need to be raising awareness about. If you go to a town hall and you're in a primary state, I hope you'll raise your hand and ask the candidates what they're going to do about gender violence.

2. David Fitzpatrick:

   We get 30 to 40 buses in a day, and the first thing people do is look for restrooms, nearby businesses are complaining to our members about the lack of restrooms at Independence Hall.

3. Matteo Salvini:

   Let's let a judge decide, let's leave this hall, and let him decide. Now the emperor is without clothes, you can go forward for the next few months or weeks but in a democracy judgment is given by the people, i can no longer pass as a criminal, there is a limit to everything.

4. Speaker Pelosi:

   The chair wishes to remind all members about certain standards of decorum in the hall of the House GOP, that includes proper attire, behavior that is respectful to other members and our staff and adherence to mask requirements and other safety protocols intended to protect all of those present in the Hall of House GOP.

5. Carol Brody:

   Palazzo doesn't want to meet with any of his constituents or his opponents. He thinks he's going to rule from that little microcosm he has, i've gone to town hall meetings where he did not show up. They just put his picture on the chair.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hall
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hall
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hall
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hall
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hall
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hall
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Hall
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html