entrance vs hall

entrance

noun
  • The place of entering, as a gate or doorway. 

  • The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office. 

  • The right to go in. 

  • The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line. 

  • The action of entering, or going in. 

  • The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation. 

  • The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry. 

  • The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering. 

  • The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. 

verb
  • To put into a trance. 

  • To delight and fill with wonder. 

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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