hall
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A2
The space just inside the front door of a home, with doors or stairs leading to the other rooms.
Hang your coat in the hall before you come in.
The spare keys are on the little table in the hall.
I heard footsteps in the hall, then someone knocked twice.
Common collocations: concert hall · dining hall · town hall · book a hall · a packed hall
Part of: Rooms, Buildings and places, Music
Sense 2
- noun
- A1
A very large room in a public building where many people come together for concerts, meals or meetings.
Hundreds of people filled the hall to hear the closing speech.
The concert hall seats two thousand and has wonderful sound.
We booked a hall for the wedding reception next spring.
Our hall is so narrow that two people cannot pass.
Common collocations: entrance hall · in the hall · down the hall · hall mirror · narrow hall
Part of: Rooms, Buildings and places