Meaning of HALL in English
hall S2 W2 /hɔːl $ hɒːl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: heall ]
1 . ENTRANCE the area just inside the door of a house or other building, that leads to other rooms SYN hallway
in the hall
We hung our coats in a cupboard in the hall.
a huge tiled entrance hall
2 . CORRIDOR a passage in a building or house that leads to many of the rooms SYN corridor , hallway :
Each floor had ten rooms on both sides of the hall.
3 . PUBLIC BUILDING a building or large room for public events such as meetings or dances
sports/exhibition/banqueting etc hall
The school has a new sports hall.
Five hundred people filled the lecture hall.
church/village hall (=used by people who live in a place)
A coffee morning is to be held in the village hall.
a concert at Carnegie Hall
⇨ ↑ city hall (2), ↑ concert hall , ↑ dance hall , ↑ music hall (2), ↑ town hall
4 . FOR STUDENTS especially British English a college or university building where students live SYN hall of residence , dorm American English
For a brief time Tom and Dave had shared a room in hall.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012