hall Definition

1. A room or passage just inside the entrance to a house, which usually allows access to other rooms and the stairs.

Thesaurus: entrance, foyer (US), anteroom, gallery, lobby, vestibule, concourse, corridor.
2. A building or large room, used for concerts, public meetings, assemblies, etc.

Thesaurus: arena, auditorium, gym, concert hall, lyceum, rotunda, chamber, armoury, assembly room.
3. A large country house or manor.

Form: Hall (usually)
(Brit)
4. A building where university or college students live.

Form: hall of residence (in full)
(Brit)
5a. The dining-room in a college or university;
(Brit)
5b. The dinner in such a room.
6. The main room of a great house, castle, etc.
(especially N Amer)
7. A corridor onto which rooms open.
8. informal
music hall.
Form: halls (often)