Hall Hɔːl Office Building Room Noun Bre Ran

• she ran into the hall and up the stairs.
• i headed for scott's office down the hall.
• a concert/banqueting/sports/exhibition, etc. hall
• there are three dining halls on campus.

hall

1. a space or passage inside the entrance or front door of a building
• see also entrance hall
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/entrance-hall
• She ran into the hall and up the stairs.
2. a passage in a building with rooms down either side
• synonym corridor
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/corridor
• I headed for Scott's office down the hall.
3. a building or large room for public meetings, meals, concerts, etc.
• see also city hall
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/city-hall_1
• a concert/banqueting/sports/exhibition, etc. hall
• There are three dining halls on campus.
• The Royal Albert Hall
• A jumble sale will be held in the village hall on Saturday.
• = hall of residence
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hall-of-residence
• She’s living in hall(s).
4. a large country house
• Haddon Hall

Extra Examples

• Her brother was standing in the front hall.
• His voice echoed through the hall.
• More than 200 members of the public packed the main hall at the community centre.
• Most first-year students live in the halls of residence.
• Our voices echoed round the huge bare hall.
• The hall led to a locked door.
• The strains of the national anthem filled the hall.
• There were strange noises coming from the room down the hall.
• at dinner in the mess hall
• the room across the hall
• Berrington Hall was built in the late 18th century.
• Her office is just down the hall.
• It’s important for a concert hall to have good acoustics.
• Our stand is located in the main exhibition hall.
• They will be performing at The Royal Albert Hall.

Word Origin

• Old English hall, heall (originally denoting a roofed space, located centrally, for the communal use of a tribal chief and his people); of Germanic origin and related to German Halle, Dutch hall, also to Norwegian and Swedish hall.