HALL
\hˈɔːl], \hˈɔːl], \h_ˈɔː_l]\
Definitions of HALL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a large entrance or reception room or area
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United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
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United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
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a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"
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a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"
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the large room of a manor or castle
By Princeton University
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a large entrance or reception room or area
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United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
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United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
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a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"
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a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"
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the large room of a manor or castle
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
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The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
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A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.
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Any corridor or passage in a building.
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A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
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A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
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The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
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Cleared passageway in a crowd; - formerly an exclamation.
By Oddity Software
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A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
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The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
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A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.
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Any corridor or passage in a building.
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A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
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A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
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The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
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Cleared passageway in a crowd; - formerly an exclamation.
By Noah Webster.
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A large building or room for the transaction of public business, entertainments, etc.; a court of justice; the passageway into a house; a college dining room; in early times, the main living room of a castle; a vestibule, entrance room, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A large room or passage at the entrance of a house: a large chamber for public business: an edifice in which courts of justice are held: a manor-house (so called because courts of justice used to be held in them): the edifice of a college: at Oxford, an unendowed college: at Cambridge, a college.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.