Definition of Hall & oates

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hall
n. hallway, corridor; large room (used for parties, meetings, etc.)

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Hall & Oates Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hall
(n.)
The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
  
(n.)
The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
  
(n.)
Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.
  
(n.)
Any corridor or passage in a building.
  
(n.)
A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.
  
(n.)
A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
  
(n.)
A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
  
(n.)
A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
  

WordNet 2.0
Hall

Noun
1. English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
(synonym) Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall
(hypernym) writer, author
2. United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
(synonym) G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hall
(hypernym) psychologist
3. United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
(synonym) Charles Martin Hall
(hypernym) chemist
4. United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
(synonym) Charles Francis Hall
(hypernym) explorer, adventurer
5. United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
(synonym) Asaph Hall
(hypernym) astronomer, uranologist, stargazer


hall

Noun
1. an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall"
(synonym) hallway
(hypernym) corridor
(hyponym) concourse
(part-meronym) ceiling
2. a large entrance or reception room or area
(synonym) anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule
(hypernym) room
(hyponym) narthex
(part-holonym) building, edifice
3. a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"
(hypernym) room
(hyponym) beer hall
4. a college or university building containing living quarters for students
(synonym) dormitory, dorm, residence hall, student residence
(hypernym) living quarters, quarters
(hyponym) hall of residence
5. the large room of a manor or castle
(synonym) manor hall
(hypernym) room
(part-holonym) mansion, mansion house, manse, residence
6. a large and imposing house
(synonym) mansion, mansion house, manse, residence
(hypernym) house
(hyponym) manor, manor house
(part-meronym) manor hall
7. a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"
(hypernym) building, edifice
8. a large building for meetings or entertainment
(hypernym) building, edifice
(hyponym) city hall


Hall & Oates Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary
Hall, Christopher N.
(1816-1902) British Congregational

Hall, John
(1829-1899) US Presbyterian preacher who did not use a manuscript; Calvinist.

Hall, Joseph
(1574-1656) Anglican preacher.

Hall, Robert
(1764-1831) British Baptist liberal but became orthodox.


Hall & Oates Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

Australian Post Codes
2618
Locality : HALL
State: ACT