Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - hall

~ n 1 the area just inside the door of a house or other building that leads to other rooms; hallway (1)  (We hung our coats on a rack in the entrance hall.) 2 a passage in a building or house that leads to many of the rooms; corridor (1)  (Each floor of the dorm had ten rooms on both sides of the hall.) 3 a building or large room for public events such as meetings or dances  (Five hundred people filled the lecture hall. | Carnegie Hall) 4 Hall especially BrE part of the name of some large houses in the country  (Haddon Hall) 5 BrE a place provided by a college or university for students to live in; hall of residence  (- see also city hall, music hall, town hall)