hall

A corridor; a hallway.

• The drinking fountain was out in the hall.

A large meeting room.

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

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.

A building providing student accommodation at a university.

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

The principal room of a secular medieval building.

Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.obsolete

• Then cry, a hall, a hall! Come, father Rosin, with your fiddle now.

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

• a Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall

A living room.India

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

A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.