/ English Dictionary

HALLWAY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

Example:

the elevators were at the end of the hall

Synonyms:

hall; hallway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hallway" is a kind of...):

corridor (an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it)

Meronyms (parts of "hallway"):

ceiling (the overhead upper surface of a covered space)

floor; flooring (the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure))

wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hallway"):

concourse (a wide hallway in a building where people can walk)

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