- hall
- noun1 inside the front entrance of a house/building ⇨ See also ↑entryADJECTIVE▪ entrance, entry▪ front▪
Her brother was standing in the front hall.
▪ reception▪ narrow▪ dark, darkened▪He hurried them along the narrow, dark hall.
VERB + HALL▪ lead to▪The hall led to a locked door.
PREPOSITION▪ across the hall▪the room across the hall
▪ along the hall▪ at the end of the hall, to the end of the hall▪ down the hall▪There were strange noises coming from the room down the hall.
▪ in the hall2 building/large roomADJECTIVE▪ cavernous, huge, spacious, vast▪ magnificent▪ empty▪ crowded, packed▪ main▪More than 200 members of the public packed the main hall at the conference building.
▪ grand, great▪ assembly, conference, convention, meeting▪ booking (BrE), ticket (esp. BrE)▪ banquet, banqueting (esp. BrE), dining▪ chow (AmE, informal), mess▪at dinner in the mess hall
▪ concert, dance, exhibit (AmE), exhibition, lecture, market, prayer, sports, wedding (AmE)▪ exam, examination (both esp. BrE)▪ church, city, communal, community, council, county (BrE), parish (esp. BrE), public, school, town, union (AmE), village (BrE)▪ study (AmE)▪ beer▪ bingo, pool, snooker (BrE)▪ residence (AmE)VERB + HALL▪ crowd, crowd into, fill, pack▪The strains of the national anthem filled the hall.
PREPOSITION▪ in the hall, into the hall, through the hall▪His voice echoed through the hall.
PHRASES▪ hall of residence (BrE)▪Most first-year students live in the halls of residence.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.