hallway
/'hɔ:lwei/
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Definition
- 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
- an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
- the elevators were at the end of the hall