atrium vs hall

atrium

noun
  • A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings. 

  • An upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle. In higher vertebrates, the right atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, and the left atrium receives blood from the left and right pulmonary veins. 

  • A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain. 

  • A cavity, entrance, or passage. 

  • A microscopic air sac within a pulmonary alveolus. 

  • Any enclosed body cavity or chamber. 

  • A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels. 

hall

noun
  • The principal room of a secular medieval building. 

  • 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. 

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

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