Collocations for hall - noun
1. inside the front entrance of a house/building
ADJ.
entrance | reception | narrow | dark, darkened, unlit
He hurried them along the narrow, dark hall.
He hurried them along the narrow, dark hall.
VERB + HALL
lead to
The hall led to a locked door.
The hall led to a locked door.
PREP.
across the ~
the room across the hall
the room across the hall
along the ~, at/to the end of the ~, down the ~
There were strange noises coming from the room down the hall.
There were strange noises coming from the room down the hall.
in the ~
2. building/large room
ADJ.
cavernous, huge, spacious, vast | magnificent | bare
Our voices echoed round the huge bare hall.
Our voices echoed round the huge bare hall.
gloomy | cold, draughty | crowded, packed | main
More than 200 members of the public packed the main hall at the community centre.
More than 200 members of the public packed the main hall at the community centre.
baronial, great | assembly, conference, congress, meeting | booking, ticket | banquet, banqueting, dining | concert, dance, examination, exhibition, lecture, market, sports | church, city, communal, community, council, county, parish, public, school, village | bingo, pool, snooker
VERB + HALL
crowd into, fill, pack
The strains of the national anthem filled the hall.
The strains of the national anthem filled the hall.
PREP.
in the ~, into the ~, through the ~
His voice echoed through the hall.
His voice echoed through the hall.
PHRASES
hall of residence
Most first-year students live in the halls of residence.
Most first-year students live in the halls of residence.