Definition

1. Noun:
   • An interior passage or corridor in a building: A hallway is a long, narrow space inside a building that connects different rooms or areas. It typically has doors opening into rooms along its sides.
   • An entrance hall or lobby: In some contexts, particularly in homes, a hallway can refer to the area just inside the main entrance door.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • She waited for me in the dimly lit hallway.
  • The apartment has a long, narrow hallway leading to the bedrooms.
  • Please leave your wet boots on the mat in the hallway.

Advanced Usage

• "to be out in the hallway": To be located or standing in the corridor area.
  • The noise is coming from out in the hallway.
• "hallway conversation": An informal, brief discussion that happens by chance in a corridor.
  • We had a quick hallway conversation about the meeting agenda.

Variants and Related Words

• Hall (n): Often used interchangeably with "hallway," especially in the context of a corridor. It can also mean a large room for gatherings.
  • The meeting is in the main hall.
• Corridor (n): A more formal synonym for a long passage in a building, especially in large institutions like schools or offices.
  • Students are not allowed to run in the corridors.
• Passageway (n): A general term for any narrow space for passing through.
  • A secret passageway connected the two rooms.

Synonyms

• Corridor: A passage in a building, especially one with rooms opening onto it.
• Passage: A way for passing through; a corridor.
• Gallery: A long, narrow room or passage, often with a colonnade.

Related Phrases

• Hallway monitor: A person, often a student, assigned to supervise behavior in a school's hallways.
  • The hallway monitor reported the incident to the principal.
• To line the hallway: To be positioned along the sides of a corridor.
  • Paintings lined the grand hallway of the museum.

Noun

1. an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
   • the elevators were at the end of the hall