Etymology : Middle English halle, from Old English heall; akin to Latin cella small room, celare to conceal; more at HELL
Pronunciation : hol
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. hallway, corridor; large room (used for parties, meetings, etc.). hall\hall\ , n. [oe. halle, hal, as. heal, heall; akin to d. hal, os. & ohg. halla, g. halle, icel. h?lt, and prob. from a root meaning, to hide, conceal, cover. see:
hell, helmet.].
2. a building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, westminster hall, in london.
3. (a) 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. full sooty was her bower and eke her hall. hence, as the entrance from outside was directly into the hall: (b) a vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times. hence: (c) any corridor or passage in a building.
4. a name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
5. a college in an english university (at oxford, an unendowed college).
6. the apartment in which english university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
7. cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation. [obs.] "a hall! a hall!" jonson.
8. A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
9. 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.
10. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
11. A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.
12. Any corridor or passage in a building.
13. A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
14. A college in an English university.
15. The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
16. Cleared passageway in a crowd; formerly an exclamation. a large building for meetings or entertainment a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall" a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning" United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years.
17. 1. The hall in a house or flat is the area just inside the front door, into which some of the other rooms open. see also:
entrance hall.
18. A hall in a building is a long passage with doors into rooms on both sides of it.
19. A hall is a large room or building which is used for public events such as concerts, exhibitions, and meetings. We picked up our conference materials and filed into the lecture hall see also:
city hall, town hall.
20. If students live in hall in British English, or in a hall in American English, they live in a university or college building called a hall of residence.
21. Hall is sometimes used as part of the name of a large house in the country. He died at Holly Hall, his wife's family home. see also:
music hall. American explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1860-1862, 1864-1869, and 1871). American psychologist who established an experimental psychology laboratory at Johns Hopkins University (1882), founded child psychology, and profoundly influenced educational psychology. British writer whose novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) was originally banned as obscene in London and the United States. Beer Hall Putsch Carnegie Hall great hall hall church Hall effect Hall Charles Martin Hall Granville Stanley Hall James Hall Radclyffe Marguerite Radclyffe Hall Hall Sir James Hall Sir Peter Reginald Frederick hypostyle hall Diane Hall McCormick Cyrus Hall music hall and variety theatre Tammany Hall.
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