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hall

UK/hɔːl/ US/hoːl/ common uk

noun

1.

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

  • “the elevators were at the end of the hall”
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a large room for gatherings or entertainment

  • “lecture hall”
  • “pool hall”
4.
5.

the large room of a manor or castle

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

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

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

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

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

  • “halls of learning”
13.

a large building for meetings or entertainment

Origin

Inherited from Middle English halle (“hall”), from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house, palace, temple, law-court”), from Proto-West Germanic *hallu (“hall”), from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). Cognate with Scots hall, haw (“hall”), Dutch hal (“hall”), German Halle (“hall”), Danish hal (“hall, sports centre”), Faroese høll (“hall, palace”), Icelandic höll (“palace”), Norwegian hall (“hall”), Swedish hall (“hall”), Latin cella (“room, cell”), Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā, “house, mansion, hall”). Doublet of cell and cella.

Phrases

  • ancestral hall
  • assembly hall
  • audience hall
  • bachelor's hall
  • barangay hall
  • beer hall
  • booking hall
  • borough hall

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