Definition of "hall" in English

noun

1. A corridor; a hallway.

   • The drinking fountain was out in the hall.

2. A large meeting room.

   • The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.

3. A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).

   • The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.

4. A building providing student accommodation at a university.

   • The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.

5. The principal room of a secular medieval building.

6. (obsolete) Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.

7. A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.

   • a Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall

8. (India) A living room.

9. (Oxbridge) A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall.

10. (Oxbridge slang) A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.