noun
1 inside the front entrance of a house/building ⇨ See also ↑ entry
ADJECTIVE
▪ entrance , entry
▪ front
▪
Her brother was standing in the front ~.
▪ reception
▪ narrow
▪ dark , darkened
▪
He hurried them along the narrow, dark ~.
VERB + HALL
▪ lead to
▪
The ~ led to a locked door.
PREPOSITION
▪ across the ~
▪
the room across the ~
▪ along the ~
▪ at the end of the ~ , to the end of the ~
▪ down the ~
▪
There were strange noises coming from the room down the ~.
▪ in the ~
2 building/large room
ADJECTIVE
▪ cavernous , huge , spacious , vast
▪ magnificent
▪ empty
▪ crowded , packed
▪ main
▪
More than 200 members of the public packed the main ~ 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 ~
▪ 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 ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~ , into the ~ , through the ~
▪
His voice echoed through the ~.
PHRASES
▪ ~ of residence ( BrE )
▪
Most first-year students live in the ~s of residence.