hall

/hษ”l/

IPA: /HH AO1 L/

noun
  1. 1

    A corridor; a hallway.

    โ€œThe drinking fountain was out in the hall.โ€

  2. 2

    A meeting room.

    โ€œThe hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.โ€

  3. 3

    A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).

    โ€œThe duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.โ€

  4. 4

    A building providing student accommodation at a university.

    โ€œThe student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.โ€

  5. 5

    The principal room of a secular medieval building.

  6. 6

    Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.

  7. 7

    A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.

    โ€œa Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hallโ€

  8. 8

    A living room.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hall