HALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hall mean? 

• HALL (noun)
  The noun HALL has 13 senses:

1. an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

2. a large entrance or reception room or area

3. a large room for gatherings or entertainment

4. a college or university building containing living quarters for students

5. the large room of a manor or castle

6. English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)

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

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

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

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

11. a large and imposing house

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

13. a large building for meetings or entertainment

  Familiarity information: HALL used as a noun is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hall; hallway

Context example:

the elevators were at the end of the hall

Hypernyms ("hall" is a kind of...):

corridor (an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it)

Meronyms (parts of "hall"):

ceiling (the overhead upper surface of a covered space)

wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)

floor; flooring (the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hall"):

concourse (a wide hallway in a building where people can walk)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large entrance or reception room or area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antechamber; anteroom; entrance hall; foyer; hall; lobby; vestibule

Hypernyms ("hall" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hall"):

narthex (a vestibule leading to the nave of a church)

Holonyms ("hall" is a part of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A large room for gatherings or entertainment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

pool hall

Hypernyms ("hall" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hall"):

beer hall (a hall or barroom featuring beer and (usually) entertainment)

concert hall (a hall where concerts are given)

exhibition area; exhibition hall (a large hall for holding exhibitions)

floor (the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business)

great hall (the principal hall in a castle or mansion; can be used for dining or entertainment)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A college or university building containing living quarters for students

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dorm; dormitory; hall; residence hall; student residence

Hypernyms ("hall" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

living quarters; quarters (housing available for people to live in)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hall"):

hall of residence (a university dormitory)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The large room of a manor or castle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hall; manor hall

Hypernyms ("hall" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Holonyms ("hall" is a part of...):

hall; manse; mansion; mansion house; residence (a large and imposing house)

Sense 6

Meaning:

English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hall; Marguerite Radclyffe Hall; Radclyffe Hall

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

G. Stanley Hall; Granville Stanley Hall; Hall

Instance hypernyms:

psychologist (a scientist trained in psychology)

Sense 8

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Charles Martin Hall; Hall

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

Sense 9

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Charles Francis Hall; Hall

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Sense 10

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Asaph Hall; Hall

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

Sense 11

Meaning:

A large and imposing house

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hall; manse; mansion; mansion house; residence

Hypernyms ("hall" is a kind of...):

house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)

Meronyms (parts of "hall"):

hall; manor hall (the large room of a manor or castle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hall"):

manor; manor house (the mansion of a lord or wealthy person)

castle; palace (a large and stately mansion)

stately home (a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family)

Sense 12

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

halls of learning

Hypernyms ("hall" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Sense 13

Meaning:

A large building for meetings or entertainment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hall" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hall"):

city hall (a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government)

guildhall (the hall of a guild or corporation)

lyceum (a public hall for lectures and concerts)

 Context examples 

In the hall two of the maids came to me, and asked if they or either of them might not sit up with Miss Lucy.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

We had, on our way out, to cross a paved hall, with glass sides and roof, over which a vine was trained.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Her bed this morning had not been slept in, her room was empty, and a note for me lay upon the hall table.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Only this: that I know that that mark was not there when I examined the hall yesterday.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Good for you, Jo! Did you do it on your own responsibility?" asked Laurie, as he seated her in the hall chair and took off the rebellious boots, seeing how her hands shook.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was clear, from the moment of his rising, that he had a number of friends and sympathizers in the hall, though they formed a minority in the audience.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Strait-jackets, starvation, and beatings and clubbings were the wrong treatment for Jim Hall; but it was the treatment he received.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Importantly, researchers say, several of these new quantum Hall states may be useful in making fault-tolerant quantum computers.

(Research reveals exotic quantum states in double-layer graphene, National Science Foundation)

Then he threw his cloak around him, and passed through the castle hall, and placed himself by the side of the queen, where no one saw him.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

No, she said, he had come home in the afternoon but had gone up to the hall to dine and pass the evening with the squire.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)