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hall·way

 (hôl′wā′)
n.
1. A corridor in a building.
2. An entrance hall.
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hallway

(ˈhɔːlˌweɪ)
n
(Architecture) a hall or corridor
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hall•way

(ˈhɔlˌweɪ)

n.
1. a corridor.
2. an entrance hall.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hallway - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms openhallway - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall"
ceiling - the overhead upper surface of a covered space; "he hated painting the ceiling"
concourse - a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
corridor - an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
floor, flooring - the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"
wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
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hallway

noun corridor, hall, passageway A central hallway leads into the dining and living areas.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
رَدْهَةمَمَر، مَمْشى
chodbahalapředsíň
entréhall
aula
hodnik
forstofa; gangur
玄関
복도
predsieň
entré
ทางเดินห้องโถง
tiền sảnh

hallway

[ˈhɔːlweɪ] n
(= entrance hall) → vestibule m
(= corridor) → couloir m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hallway

nFlur m, → Korridor m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hallway

[ˈhɔːlˌweɪ] n (corridor) → corridoio; (entrance) → ingresso
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hall

(hoːl) noun
1. a room or passage at the entrance to a house. We left our coats in the hall.
2. (a building with) a large public room, used for concerts, meetings etc. a community hall.
3. a building with offices where the administration of a town etc is carried out. a town hall; (American) the city hall.
4. (American) a passageway through a building; a corridor.
5. a building of a university, college etc, especially one in which students etc live.
ˈhallmark noun
a mark put on gold and silver articles to show the quality of the gold or silver.
ˈhallway noun
a hall or passage.
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hallway

رَدْهَة hala entré Flur χώρος υποδοχής vestíbulo de entrada aula vestibule hodnik ingresso 玄関 복도 gang korridor korytarz pátio de entrada коридор entré ทางเดินห้องโถง antre tiền sảnh 走廊
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References in classic literature ?
In the darkness in the hallway by the door the sick woman arose and started again toward her own room.
At the first floor we found that the hallway ran but halfway through, necessitating the crossing of a rear room full of green folk, ere we could reach the inner courtyard, so there was but one thing left for us to do, and that was to gain the second floor and the hallway through which I had traversed the length of the building.
A single faint light gleamed out from the hallway of the house.
In the darkness of the hallway Jimmie discerned a knot of women talking volubly.
Scarce had Carthoris passed through the short hallway that connected the door of the building and the great room beyond it than he became aware of the presence of something or some one in the hallway through which he had but just passed.
The hallway there was dimly lighted by two pale jets of gas one--far to his right, the other nearer, to his left.
The other was a narrow hallway. Passing through this he found himself in a huge room, filled with chair-encircled tables and quite deserted.
He cautiously opened one of the doors and found it led into a hallway. But he had no intention of trying to escape.
Alexander paced up and down the hallway, buttoning and unbuttoning his overcoat, until she returned and took him up to Hilda's living-room.
Fifteen minutes later the great clock in the hallway of the Harrington homestead struck six.
Her cries had been the signal for a wild uproar above; the house was full of people, and as he entered the hallway he saw them rushing hither and thither, crying and screaming with alarm.
Before her led a broad hallway in the center of which was a little pool of clear water.