arcade vs hall

arcade

noun
  • A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides. 

  • An establishment that runs coin-operated games. 

  • A row of arches. 

verb
  • To cover (something) as with a series of arches. 

hall

noun
  • A corridor; a hallway. 

  • A meal served and eaten at a college's hall. 

  • A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall. 

  • A meeting room. 

  • A building providing student accommodation at a university. 

  • A living room. 

  • A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences. 

  • The principal room of a secular medieval building. 

  • A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion). 

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