hall
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
How often you will meet it
Rank 663 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 28,744 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open also: hallway the elevators were at the end of the hall
- a large entrance or reception room or area also: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule
- a large room for gatherings or entertainment lecture hallpool hall
- a college or university building containing living quarters for students also: dormitory, dorm, residence hall, student residence
- the large room of a manor or castle also: manor hall
- English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943) also: Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall
hall in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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As we entered the large hall, John beckoned us both into the smoking-room.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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The detective, himself, stepped from the obscurity of the hall, smiling his queer smile.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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John McLean swung across the diagonal of the campus toward Welch Hall where he lived.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Even the servants' hall was likely to know less of prices than this one guest did.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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From this piazza the wondering Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the centre of the mansion, and the place of usual residence.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · Chapter 1