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HORL/hɔːl/

In a house the hall is the space just inside the front door. Leave your coat in the hall. A hall can also be a large public room: the town hall, a concert hall. Corridor is a long passage; the hall is often the entrance. In the hall.

Meaning

The room or space just inside the front door of a house; also a large room for meetings.

Examples

• “Leave your shoes in the hall.”
• “The letters are on the table in the hall.”
• “We hired a hall for the party.”

Good to know

in the hall (entrance). Also: town hall. Contrast: corridor.

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