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hall
What does hall mean?
hall (noun): an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use hall in a sentence?
- The elevators were at the end of the hall. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce hall?
/hɔl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does hall come from?
Inherited from Middle English halle (“hall”), from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house, palace, temple, law-court”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
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