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   hall

   /hɔːl/

   noun

   • 1. the room or space just inside the front entrance of a house or flat.
   • ▪ a corridor or area on to which rooms open. North American Similar entrance hallhallwayentryentrancelobbyfoyervestibulereception areaatriumconcoursepassagewaypassagecorridorentryway
   • 2. a building or large room used for meetings, concerts, or other events: "the village hall" Similar assembly hallassembly roommeeting roomlarge public roomchamberconference halllecture roomtheatreconcert hallauditoriumdance hallchurch hallvillage halltown hallguildhall
   • ▪ the building in which a guild was housed. historical
   • 3. a large room in a mansion or palace used for receptions and banquets.
   • ▪ a large country house, especially one with a landed estate: British "Darlington Hall"
   • ▪ the principal living room of a medieval house.
   • 4. a university building containing rooms for students to live in: British "for a brief time they had shared a room in hall"
   • ▪ the room used for meals in a college, university, or school: "he dined in hall"

   Word Origin Old Englishhall, 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 hal, also to Norwegian and Swedish hall.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

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