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Collocations for hall - noun

1. inside the front entrance of a house/building

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ADJECTIVE

entrance, entry
front
Her brother was standing in the front hall.
reception
narrow
dark, darkened
He hurried them along the narrow, dark hall.

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VERB + hall

lead to
The hall led to a locked door.

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PREPOSITION

across the hall
the room across the hall
along the hall
at the end of the hall, to the end of the hall
down the hall
There were strange noises coming from the room down the hall.
in the hall

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2. building/large room

ADJECTIVE

cavernous, huge, spacious, vast
magnificent
empty
crowded, packed
main
More than 200 members of the public packed the main hall at the conference building.
grand, great
assembly, conference, convention, meeting
booking (BrE), ticket (esp. BrE)
banquet, banqueting (esp. BrE), dining
chow (AmE,informal), mess
at dinner in the mess hall
concert, dance, exhibit (AmE), exhibition, lecture, market, prayer, sports, wedding (AmE)
exam, examination (both esp. BrE)
church, city, communal, community, council, county (BrE), parish (esp. BrE), public, school, town, union (AmE), village (BrE)
study (AmE)
beer
bingo, pool, snooker (BrE)
residence (AmE)

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VERB + hall

crowd, crowd into, fill, pack
The strains of the national anthem filled the hall.

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PREPOSITION

in the hall, into the hall, through the hall
His voice echoed through the hall.

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PHRASES

hall of residence (BrE)
Most first-year students live in the halls of residence.

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